[He continues watching, tense and ready despite his calm appearance simply on instinct. He did trust Rei, and he'd hold still and test out her trap, but that didn't mean he wasn't ready to fly in an instant.
Still, part of him is distracted by the technique itself, fascinated by how her powers work. He watches the Mandala--it's fast but not so fast that he wouldn't be able to avoid it if he chose, if only because he knew it was coming--and as it settles into place around him he feels the restriction of the effect that holy fire creates. His wings pin down and his strength dampens, not that he had much usable at the moment anyway, and he can tell it's working.]
It has a similar effect.
[It doesn't hurt him but it's uncomfortable and claustrophobic, and the simile of trapping a bird in a cage is accurate. He wants to try breaking it, to see if her holy fire was weaker than the kind from his world, but he doesn't have the strength for it while healing. He makes a note that he'll want to attempt it later; it would be important to know if, with enough effort, it could be escaped in a way his world's couldn't.]
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Still, part of him is distracted by the technique itself, fascinated by how her powers work. He watches the Mandala--it's fast but not so fast that he wouldn't be able to avoid it if he chose, if only because he knew it was coming--and as it settles into place around him he feels the restriction of the effect that holy fire creates. His wings pin down and his strength dampens, not that he had much usable at the moment anyway, and he can tell it's working.]
It has a similar effect.
[It doesn't hurt him but it's uncomfortable and claustrophobic, and the simile of trapping a bird in a cage is accurate. He wants to try breaking it, to see if her holy fire was weaker than the kind from his world, but he doesn't have the strength for it while healing. He makes a note that he'll want to attempt it later; it would be important to know if, with enough effort, it could be escaped in a way his world's couldn't.]