The Lord saw the arrow begin to glow, and she understood what it meant.
For the first ten seconds, Nathan didn't feel much. There was only the familiar ache across his shoulders as he held Moonlight at full draw, and the thin, steady hum of Focus Shot building in the arrow, a little brighter with every breath. But the Lord was watching it, and her pale eyes had gone very wide.
She took some of her will out of the Decree.
Nathan felt the pressure behind Ororo's ring ease a little. Ororo felt it too, and the light around her steadied. But the Lord had not let go of it to give them any rest. She turned her wounded hand toward the stair under Nathan's feet, and the steps began to crack.
They split along the wall first, and then across, and the piece Nathan was standing on began to tip out over the drop.
"Mirko!"
[Gigantification]
