Palpable

Maia's eyes widened but it was already too late. 

"Die." 

The spears moved as though they had minds of their own, raining down from the skies like Armageddon. 

To Maia, these events could only be said to be a blur. Watching her people get slaughtered like this left her without the will to retaliate. She only managed to gather up some strength when it seemed that her sons were about to be slaughtered next, but the end result of that was all of them being captured at once. 

Like this, the second infiltration of the Cloud Race was suffocated and restrained. 

… 

"Put on some clothes, look at you," Aina finally got a hold of Leonel, exasperated. 

Leonel laughed. "It's not my fault, do you think I have a streaking fetish?"

"You're narcissistic enough for it," Aina rolled her eyes.