[Liem doesn’t have time to be gratified about the success of his crossbow shot. Almost as soon as the quarrel finds its mark and the mouse lets out that piercing roar of pain, the danger of their situation becomes even more unpredictable, as the half-blinded animal rampages right for them in its distraction. The sheer volume of the sound stabs into his sensitive, pointed ears, making him flinch and stagger—
And nearly fall into the springy moss, when Caren slams him out of the way as one of the mouse’s huge paws stomp down increasingly close to them, threatening to crush them both into the moist bed of greenery.]
Hold on!
[Now that the mouse has other things to concern it than the scurrying morsels beneath its nose, Liem is willing to hazard a little magic to facilitate a quick escape. He wraps an arm around her, scooping her up in a hasty bridal carry, and dashes away through the thicket of moss, suddenly impeded not at all by the spongy, uneven fronds they were working through up til now. The shelter of that huge bush looms ahead, and he sprints straight for it with unnaturally sure, nimble steps.]
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And nearly fall into the springy moss, when Caren slams him out of the way as one of the mouse’s huge paws stomp down increasingly close to them, threatening to crush them both into the moist bed of greenery.]
Hold on!
[Now that the mouse has other things to concern it than the scurrying morsels beneath its nose, Liem is willing to hazard a little magic to facilitate a quick escape. He wraps an arm around her, scooping her up in a hasty bridal carry, and dashes away through the thicket of moss, suddenly impeded not at all by the spongy, uneven fronds they were working through up til now. The shelter of that huge bush looms ahead, and he sprints straight for it with unnaturally sure, nimble steps.]