Even as Ysera had circled back around, she paused in shock as she watched it's ruined eye reverse itself. She recoiled as she felt the very laws of Nature twist and warp into maddening perversion as it escaped her mire. She was so shocked that she missed seeing the massive stone missile until the last moment - just enough time to twist enough to avoid it crushing one of her wings. But it was still enough to knock her out of the sky with a bellow of pain and shock as something in her side gave way.

She cried out and tumbled down to crash into some of the few remaining trees even as their limbs seemed to stretch and reach to catch her. It still hurt, but the trees were enough to cushion her fall to avoid broken wings. She snarled in frustration and tried to scramble to her feet. But there was a sharp pain in her side and her limbs were tangled in the tree limbs. She clawed at the ground as she thrashed to untangle herself from the wreckage of the trees. Blood oozed from her side where her scales had broken or been torn away by the impact. It hurt to breathe or move, and she was fairly certain at least one rib was broken.

She limped slightly, on the side she'd been hit, as she struggled out of the impact crater she'd made. It hurt just walking, and would surely hurt more to fly. But she wasn't out of the fight yet. Whatever it wanted up ahead, she wouldn't let it get to it.