[As Liem expected, in just the few moments between him dousing the light and then firing that glowing bolt into the centre of the cavern’s roof, the silhouette he’d spotted earlier disappears. As Dimitri darts forward, with Liem following in his wake, the space ahead of them seems empty.
But that is only because the creature has found a perch elsewhere. As the three of them leave the shelter of the smaller cavern behind them, the creature swoops down from one of the cave walls, a monstrosity of twisted wing and limb and root. In two of its misshapen limbs, it holds a spear that appears to be grown right from the roots in its body; it closes rapidly out of the gloom as Liem shouts,]
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But that is only because the creature has found a perch elsewhere. As the three of them leave the shelter of the smaller cavern behind them, the creature swoops down from one of the cave walls, a monstrosity of twisted wing and limb and root. In two of its misshapen limbs, it holds a spear that appears to be grown right from the roots in its body; it closes rapidly out of the gloom as Liem shouts,]
On our left!