Simple on paper usually meant nasty in practice. He didn't trust it. Momentum had already read like a trap rune, beautiful until you misused it. A belt that "can carry a rune" sounded like a polite way of saying this is a live wire you strapped to your waist.
In fact, it was too simple.
"Now, how do I use this?" Kael thought as he went to place his hand under his chin. Only to end up smacking his own face with his metal gauntlets.
The impact rang through his skull. Not enough to break anything, but enough to make his eyes water and his teeth ache. His hand hadn't come up wrong; his whole body had moved wrong, like his arm had overshot its own path.
"What the fuck?" The reaction he got from backing away from the pain made him slam into the wall and fall on his back.
