[ you know, normally, he wouldn’t bother? unfortunately over the past 73 years or so, kara’s learned more about this terrible thing that humans call a heart, and part of it means not wanting to see some fool running straight to his death. granted that’s mostly because jiang cheng seems to respect his sword, aside from the flying or whatever, but surely that counts…? ]

It’s a newer kind of weapon - long range, faster than arrows, and harder to deflect or dodge. Hit at the right angle, it can break a sword, but it’s more likely that it will injure or kill you instead.

[ kara raises an eyebrow. ]

Swords can’t do much against them.

[ acknowledging his own weakness sucks, but like. at least he knows about it. ]