[She's thinking. She shouldn't be thinking, and it's causing her to make a vulnerability for herself. If that wasn't a ground type, if that wasn't an easy, low level monster, she'd have been hit. Still, he has to give Soren props. The sand attack does indeed go awry, and one air slash, which hits the shrew square in the face, knocks it back and knocks it out. As per the program, as it flies back it also vanishes into some pixels.
Of course, Masaomi also can sense what's coming next. If you asked him, he couldn't explain how, but he knows in about three seconds from right below where Ikki is now the second sandshrew is going to burst up and try to scratch at her legs. He wonders if she'll be able to sense it somehow
(though he can't answer, a few signs include the ground sinking a half-second before it surfaces, a light secondary squeak from underground via the hole the first one made, and a faint clicking sound from it digging nearer to the surface. Though given all the noise of the battle so far, some of those will be easier to tell than others]
october 4th
Of course, Masaomi also can sense what's coming next. If you asked him, he couldn't explain how, but he knows in about three seconds from right below where Ikki is now the second sandshrew is going to burst up and try to scratch at her legs. He wonders if she'll be able to sense it somehow
(though he can't answer, a few signs include the ground sinking a half-second before it surfaces, a light secondary squeak from underground via the hole the first one made, and a faint clicking sound from it digging nearer to the surface. Though given all the noise of the battle so far, some of those will be easier to tell than others]