Moonspear rendezvous

arcturus smacked with the ground, the breath sucked from him. he didn't stir, even as dust and stone clattered around him -- even as something grey and silver also fell atop him. an unfamiliar sensation of the void consumed him, as if he was swallowed by interminable black. his sensations swam and he stirred against them and yet, felt as if a current was pulling him under and everything from breathing to moving suddenly seemed alien and impossible to him.

the cry of the raptor overhead was unheard -- or even if it was heard, it remained unregistered in his wildly expanding, wildly kaleidoscopic consciousness. he was only aware of pain, and of something unfamiliar seizing his chest. air -- he had no air -- and with loud, haggard gasps, started to convulse in place as his lungs failed to draw in new breaths, and his temples started to shrivel and a malign,unfamiliar sensation of blotted consciousness overcame him.