Roy stepped ahead just as the apes closed ranks on them, a diagonal pace that put Pharah directly behind him. Less out of a specific desire to protect and shield her, because frankly she was in armor while his was gods knows where, than simply to put her in the safest place possible relative to him. Planting his feet, he twisted slightly as he drew his sword back till it was almost touching her, then swung it forward in a cleaving arc that whipped the starmetal-folded steel through the air clear in front of him. And the apes. They fell in a wave, five or six taken down in that one great cleave.
"This is one of the most miserable battles I've ever been through and I'm going to have nightmares about it," he said matter-of-factly, as he yanked his arms back in closer to his body to put his sword between them and the remaining apes. "Sarcastic humor is the only coping method I have. And to be perfectly honest, finding someone who is both capable of defending herself and willing to help others has been the sole bright point in it."
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Roy stepped ahead just as the apes closed ranks on them, a diagonal pace that put Pharah directly behind him. Less out of a specific desire to protect and shield her, because frankly she was in armor while his was gods knows where, than simply to put her in the safest place possible relative to him. Planting his feet, he twisted slightly as he drew his sword back till it was almost touching her, then swung it forward in a cleaving arc that whipped the starmetal-folded steel through the air clear in front of him. And the apes. They fell in a wave, five or six taken down in that one great cleave.
"This is one of the most miserable battles I've ever been through and I'm going to have nightmares about it," he said matter-of-factly, as he yanked his arms back in closer to his body to put his sword between them and the remaining apes. "Sarcastic humor is the only coping method I have. And to be perfectly honest, finding someone who is both capable of defending herself and willing to help others has been the sole bright point in it."