Light dodging

As he spoke, D sprinted for the young lady without making a sound.
Terror stole into Larmica’s expression. In a twinkling, the distance
between them closed to where she was within sword’s length of him, and
then— “Awoooooooooh!”

A ferocious howl shook the night air, and an indigo flash of light shot
from the coachman’s perch on the carriage. D dove to the side to dodge it,
only able to escape the beam because his superhuman hearing had discerned
the sound of the laser cannon on the perch swiveling to bear on him. The
beam pierced the hem of his overcoat, igniting it in pale blue flames.
Presumably, the cannon was equipped with voice recognition circuits and
an electronic targeting system that responded to Garou’s howls. Avoiding
the flashes of blue that flew with unerring accuracy to wherever he’d gone
to dodge the last, D had no choice but to keep twisting through the air.

“Milady, this way!”
He heard Garou’s voice up in the driver’s seat. There was the sound of a
door closing. As D attempted to give chase, another blast from the laser
cannon checked his advance, and the carriage swung around and was
swallowed by the darkness.

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