*twitches his lips in a shade of a smile at that (you have no idea, child of Light)*
*inhales gently and fades beyond the light's reach even as the gun recoils with its first shot (and he might have known that any weapon of yours would still fire)*
*quite suddenly disturbs the water, looming and dark (and he was magnificence in his prime) and directly to your left, and raps your gun-hand sharply with the hard haft of his whip, sneering wordlessly at the impudence*