Kotetsu only musters up a harder burst of speed at the sound of that roar - he's still in pretty good shape for a human, even without his powers. And besides, he needs the extra momentum for what he does next.
Namely, throwing himself shoulder-first at the window.
For a second, he just thinks how stupid he'll look if this doesn't work and he winds up eaten anyway. It's a small comfort when, in fact, his makeshift plan works out and the window glass shatters under the force of the charge.
His next thought, as he goes tumbling out into open air is wow, when did I get so high up? This library was on one of the castle's very upper floors.
Fortunately, this is where his trusty watch has never let him down. Or, more specifically, the miniature grappling hook it contains. Kotetsu has just enough time to take aim and fire it at the castle wall. The little hook clicks firmly into the rough stone a couple of feet to the right of the window, and he's left suspended still a good twenty feet off the ground - bruised, bleeding from the glass, panting for breath, desperately confused, but alive.
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Date: 2016-09-09 03:11 am (UTC)Namely, throwing himself shoulder-first at the window.
For a second, he just thinks how stupid he'll look if this doesn't work and he winds up eaten anyway. It's a small comfort when, in fact, his makeshift plan works out and the window glass shatters under the force of the charge.
His next thought, as he goes tumbling out into open air is wow, when did I get so high up? This library was on one of the castle's very upper floors.
Fortunately, this is where his trusty watch has never let him down. Or, more specifically, the miniature grappling hook it contains. Kotetsu has just enough time to take aim and fire it at the castle wall. The little hook clicks firmly into the rough stone a couple of feet to the right of the window, and he's left suspended still a good twenty feet off the ground - bruised, bleeding from the glass, panting for breath, desperately confused, but alive.