Blade · Reaction · Common (C)
Cost 2 Energy
Rules
When the opponent plays a Technique: Give one friendly ally Barrier 4.
A lesson can end before the final stroke. — original game flavor
Illustration and story reference
Existing authorized The Unfinished Form story illustration; publication by Lim Boon Chuan. Reused, not new alternate art.
Representative thematic illustration; game roles and values are new playtest abstractions, not story facts.
Chapter 25 · B2-UF-024 narrative companion
Illustration description: Unarmed Mali climbs upward into a dark narrow wooden maintenance shaft, focus on empty red waist sash and scraped hands on rungs, her sword visible abandoned on the OTHER side of an iron shutter below.
Art map key card-024 · Ability registry b2g_020 · Base ID B2-G-020