Before it hit, she saw something shift along Jared's right arm, then a huge puff as the rock was blasted apart. Once the dust cleared, it was Jared, his arm blackened and covered in excess biomass plating. "Hey, live long enough around special snowflakes and you learn to look in the right places." His arm shifted back, and then grabbed the hilt of his katana, tearing it from its sheath. The time of day in the sim was noon....so the blade was wreathed in flames. The blue flames of the Cobalt Phoenix himself. Of course, yada yada special snowflake shit you know the drill.