Snippet #4453

Ajax thought everything was normal by then, at the upper edge of his vision, he caught sight of seekers, dive-bombing toward Alyss. Unthinking, he lurched in front of his friend, simultaneously whipping off his jacket and holding it spread out above him to catch one of the insect-birds before its beak could descend into Alyss' neck. The rest of the seekers swooped momentarily away as he thrust his catch downward with the motion of one shaking dust from a blanket. He didn't watch the creature hit the ground but cartwheeled a circle around Alyss, trapping the returning seekers one by one in his jacket and throwing them hard to the ground until the sky was clear, the threat was gone.

Something like this could have only come from Gregor. he was one to dabble in witchcraft.