707 I Am

"Good thing I left Jeanie under the Oracle Shield." Jake congratulated himself as soon as he located her body.

It was something he'd discovered on the fly, but by shedding a few grams or kilos of liquid alloy from his Oracle Device, he could remotely set them up and leave instructions to even initiate Oracle Skills if the Aether resources were sufficient.

When a little earlier, Jake had deactivated his Oracle Shield out of fury, he still had the foresight to shelter Jeanie under an Oracle Shield. The little fairy was currently at the bottom of the crater, trapped in a solid chunk of liquid alloy wrapped in a shiny energy barrier. The shield flickered dimly, a testament to the fact that the deluge of blows had nearly depleted the Aether stored inside the metal.

"Jeanie stay hidden there for now." Jake transmitted telepathically into her mind.