#iaijutsu

Do you like that thing where a swordsman draws their sword, attacks, and sheaves it all in the blink of an eye. Only for their enemy to collapse in a pile of pieces 2 seconds later?

I hear sounds of distant thunder

Recollections in my head

I see fire, I smell sulfur

Shades of orange, shades of red

I feel nothing but the metal

I can taste the acrid smoke

I make haste to brace for impact

I prepare my killing stroke

I put pressure on the trigger

Distractions lost amidst the tide

I feel all the world aligning

Nowhere left to run or hide

I hear nothing but the thunder

I feel flame and force cascade

I see men reduced to corpses