He jerked awake as Sapphire came near him. "Hardly. No napalm or agent orange. Though this is probably pretty bad in its own way.<br/><br/>Been hurt worse before a couple times I can think of right now. Two cracked ribs, a broken sternum, four strained muscles at least, and a fairly nasty headache if I was given a painkiller and it still hurts this bad.<br/><br/>And what SUCKS is that I did exactly what training said to do. Center myself to improve mental abilities, ground myself to prevent sudden magic surges from overwhelming me, and then reach out for the latent power. Got to meet a death god this time. And if all gods are like the two I have met, no wonder humans killed them all on my world."