Nita nodded, a fraction of movement. I'm only going to get one shot, I think. Better make it count...

/On it./

With the peridexis' aid, she issued a command in the Speech for the crystal to stick to whatever it next hit - and then, in the same moment as she threw the crystal, she dropped the shield.

Her other arm moved to block the bird beside her, as if her body could be a shield in itself.