It's too late to prevent by the time he understands the battle unfolding below. Nothing he could do beyond what he's doing already. And then everything is flame, the heat of it reaching Stephen even up here, and he seals the spell with one last violent press of magic and then drops down into the buffeting heat to use that seal to its fullest potential.
Taking a hold of the space he's created, Stephen tugs at its contents— and voids it. Creates a vacuum.
The upside is there's no air. No loose and drifting elements for the magic already inside to continue to hijack. No external fuel for the fire that is Loki. The downside is the fire is magic, and Loki is fuel. The other downside is there's no air.
He can't speak because he can't breathe, but he holds it long enough to see if it's having any effect on the blaze. If it isn't, he'll let the air back in - clean air, stripped of the spell on its way through Stephen's ward. If it's helping to quell the flames, he'll hold the vacuum firm to starve them for as long as he can. ]
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It's too late to prevent by the time he understands the battle unfolding below. Nothing he could do beyond what he's doing already. And then everything is flame, the heat of it reaching Stephen even up here, and he seals the spell with one last violent press of magic and then drops down into the buffeting heat to use that seal to its fullest potential.
Taking a hold of the space he's created, Stephen tugs at its contents— and voids it. Creates a vacuum.
The upside is there's no air. No loose and drifting elements for the magic already inside to continue to hijack. No external fuel for the fire that is Loki. The downside is the fire is magic, and Loki is fuel. The other downside is there's no air.
He can't speak because he can't breathe, but he holds it long enough to see if it's having any effect on the blaze. If it isn't, he'll let the air back in - clean air, stripped of the spell on its way through Stephen's ward. If it's helping to quell the flames, he'll hold the vacuum firm to starve them for as long as he can. ]