[ dextera understands, with the instinctive comprehension of their sand that came with arrival, that if amos gets his hands on him before dextera can summon up his creature, it’s over. ]
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[ he thinks it’s successful, but the sacrifice leaves him momentarily stunned and vulnerable, allowing amos to do with dextera whatever he will. dextera will struggle, of course, because he doesn’t want to be hurt—but having died and been reborn countless times now, dextera knows that his body is a little hardier than some people would assume at first blush.
on the other side of amos, soundless thanks to the way that it floats over the ground without touching it, a grotesque cephalopod moves toward the two living targets. just because dextera summoned it doesn’t mean it’s beholden to him, but he’s trusting that amos’ bigger and hardier body will make him more interesting prey between the two.
…and, that it will choose to attack amos before amos puts dextera to death a second time. ]
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[ he thinks it’s successful, but the sacrifice leaves him momentarily stunned and vulnerable, allowing amos to do with dextera whatever he will. dextera will struggle, of course, because he doesn’t want to be hurt—but having died and been reborn countless times now, dextera knows that his body is a little hardier than some people would assume at first blush.
on the other side of amos, soundless thanks to the way that it floats over the ground without touching it, a grotesque cephalopod moves toward the two living targets. just because dextera summoned it doesn’t mean it’s beholden to him, but he’s trusting that amos’ bigger and hardier body will make him more interesting prey between the two.
…and, that it will choose to attack amos before amos puts dextera to death a second time. ]