Violin launched sound wave bindings—not rings, not barriers, the specific close-range application designed to wrap around limbs and restrict movement through vibration. The bindings extended from his hands in luminous coils and reached toward Ragnor's arms.
Ragnor let them come.
The bindings wrapped around both forearms—the luminous coils closing around the iron-coated arms, the vibration frequency attempting to disrupt motor control through the coating.
The iron coating disrupted the binding frequency.
The disruption spread inward from the coating surface into the binding coils—the same mechanism that had destabilized the barriers, the dense metal interfering with the vibration that held the construct together. The bindings dissolved within two seconds of closing around the iron-coated arms.
Ragnor was free before Violin could reinforce them.
He pressed forward.
Six feet.
