She sidestepped in with Shaun, half the Council, and a dozen Gaelsins to a square not far off from the palace. They could see the palace from their vantage but no Gabriel. “Is t’ city on fire?” Shaun asked, sniffing the air and extending his rotating pattern as far as he could. “I need a closer look.” He rushed forward, cutting through the throngs of people and guards running the opposite direction. Mikelle and the rest followed at their own pace. Mikelle rounded a building a moment after Shaun and saw the palace in full view. Gabriel hovered above it ablaze, shooting rapid green threads into the ground and ripping blocks of stone free. The palace proper stood undamaged, and from it people in blue or gray garments fled into the streets. “What’s he doin’?” Shaun asked, his pattern not extending far enough. “He’s ripping the ground apart.” Mikelle said wide-eyed in terror.
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