There's enough shielding to protect us from the smaller flares.
Against this black and absolute background, any arc lamp, no matter how intense, was nothing more than a small flare.
Greg located a small flare of understanding amid the wretched thoughts.
Doc had tossed a small flare high into the air.
He hunched up his coat again and retrieved a small flare from one of its many pockets.
She had no defences against me; a small flare of power and she would be dead.
But then, half a minute later, as I neared the corner, came a small flare, a tiny flickering, blackness again.
By backing through his memory of being shot, he was able to pick out the small flare among the green.
After a small flare of light, the crystal returned to blankness.
His hand felt for one of the small flares.