Now that Liem is up here, he is realizing that returning D’s hat will probably have to wait until after they aren’t being menaced by an enormous hornet any longer. So, rather than reach for the hat in an attempt to somehow deliver it mid-scuffle, he does the obvious thing one would do when faced with a gigantic wasp just mere steps away: he grabs his crossbow so he can send this black-and-yellow demon back to whatever hell spawned it.
Unlike D, though, he makes no move to get up in the wasp’s zone, and even as it makes another lunge at the taller man, he inches back, loading one of his precious rationed quarrels into his weapon. At this angle, at least, he might be able to actually puncture its armour with a good shot. He squeezes the trigger.
The good news is that the bolt finds a weak spot between two plates of chitin, and punches deeply inside, leaving just an oozing hole in its wake.
The bad news is that the sting of this sudden puncture definitely gets the wasp’s attention, and it turns right toward him, buzzing its huge wings madly.]
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Now that Liem is up here, he is realizing that returning D’s hat will probably have to wait until after they aren’t being menaced by an enormous hornet any longer. So, rather than reach for the hat in an attempt to somehow deliver it mid-scuffle, he does the obvious thing one would do when faced with a gigantic wasp just mere steps away: he grabs his crossbow so he can send this black-and-yellow demon back to whatever hell spawned it.
Unlike D, though, he makes no move to get up in the wasp’s zone, and even as it makes another lunge at the taller man, he inches back, loading one of his precious rationed quarrels into his weapon. At this angle, at least, he might be able to actually puncture its armour with a good shot. He squeezes the trigger.
The good news is that the bolt finds a weak spot between two plates of chitin, and punches deeply inside, leaving just an oozing hole in its wake.
The bad news is that the sting of this sudden puncture definitely gets the wasp’s attention, and it turns right toward him, buzzing its huge wings madly.]