[Hijikata has no idea how much Shoto observes and absorbs even in the flurry of battle, how he lets go of his last remnants of hesitation and tears through the undead with his full strength now, mirroring the samurai's own no-holds-barred determination while still adding his own, more inherent, elemental devastation to his attacks.
He smiles under his helmet at Shoto's declaration. We're finishing this together. Such a loyal squire. The boy's stalagmites impale zombies like paper, sharp as needles and sudden like lightning; his frost keeps covering the whole area in his wake - and then he calls out the next spell, the one that simultaneously petrifies and freezes the last undead standing, and leaves them for Hijikata to take down.]
Right--!!
[Usually Rei is his backup weapon, the one that will save his life if Muramasha ends up broken or lost, but now he draws it. It's safe - these enemies can't even move, let alone use his lack of experience in dual-bladed combat against him. He twirls around, slicing through the frozen zombies with either blade, using sheer brute force, speed and momentum. They all crumble and fall gradually, slowly, only when he's finished with the last one.]
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He smiles under his helmet at Shoto's declaration. We're finishing this together. Such a loyal squire. The boy's stalagmites impale zombies like paper, sharp as needles and sudden like lightning; his frost keeps covering the whole area in his wake - and then he calls out the next spell, the one that simultaneously petrifies and freezes the last undead standing, and leaves them for Hijikata to take down.]
Right--!!
[Usually Rei is his backup weapon, the one that will save his life if Muramasha ends up broken or lost, but now he draws it. It's safe - these enemies can't even move, let alone use his lack of experience in dual-bladed combat against him. He twirls around, slicing through the frozen zombies with either blade, using sheer brute force, speed and momentum. They all crumble and fall gradually, slowly, only when he's finished with the last one.]