*BOOM*
Alex was thankful for the harsh training of the academy, and the even harsher one of the Sword and Shield department.
When you have been enduring beatings since you had been introduced to the very concept of evolution, you would learn to protect yourself, and you would make that knowledge an instinct.
Those broken bones and spilled blood made Alex condense a layer of wind more tough than its flimsy appearance was suggesting before his body.
He was sent flying by the impact, and his body skidded on the surface of the beautiful body of water.
He took the first collision with the latter with his back, intuitively understanding the concept of rock like water, before adjusting himself and skidding while trying to disperse the kinetic energy in a crouching position, with his hands and feet on the water.
