[His heartbeat skips when she falls, and he catches her before she hits the floor, letting the book fall with a thud. He barely notices the spell's effects, instead focused entirely on Mal. Exhaustion, he's sure, from a spell that big. He doesn't need to know anything about spells to know what power drain looks like.]
Okay. [Twisted ankle be damned, after grabbing her book and slipping it into her bag, Nico lifts Mal as well, adjusting her until he's giving her a careful piggyback ride. It's like that he descends the rest of the way down (picking up the key chain that had landed at his feet after the spell and pocketing it for later.) The mist wards off unwanted attention and Nico doesn't stop until they reach a street a ways off from the Statue. Only there does he set Mal down, and only so that he can pull out his sword to stab it into the ground, his eyes closing as he summons a friend.
Moments later an old fashioned state car pulls up in front of them and Nico helps Mal into the backseat sectioned off from the front like a limo. A basket with a few water bottles and candy bars lays to the side and Nico grabs one of each for Mal, handing her the water first.]
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Okay. [Twisted ankle be damned, after grabbing her book and slipping it into her bag, Nico lifts Mal as well, adjusting her until he's giving her a careful piggyback ride. It's like that he descends the rest of the way down (picking up the key chain that had landed at his feet after the spell and pocketing it for later.) The mist wards off unwanted attention and Nico doesn't stop until they reach a street a ways off from the Statue. Only there does he set Mal down, and only so that he can pull out his sword to stab it into the ground, his eyes closing as he summons a friend.
Moments later an old fashioned state car pulls up in front of them and Nico helps Mal into the backseat sectioned off from the front like a limo. A basket with a few water bottles and candy bars lays to the side and Nico grabs one of each for Mal, handing her the water first.]