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"You'd be surprised, girl. Laguz don't exactly live in caves anymore. I personally grew up on a farm. Small place, big family, you know the kind."

"Could tell just based off on how you talk- you talk like me, not like the others, and I picked up quite a bit from humans- and the fact that you're not flying around like the other birds. You travel around, you pick up on these sorts of things. Nothing to be ashamed of, we all got our stories."

Turn 5, Aranea Zoanthrope
[Now Playing: Enraged Zoanthrope Theme ~Brachydios Battle Theme~]

Maki gets the hell out of dodge, still reeling a little bit from the earlier blows she took, retreating behind Ragnar for the moment to protect herself and catch her breath. As much as she really liked to get up in the face of her enemies, she wasn't exactly made of diamond. The spider would take a moment to go after her, if it wasn't for the fact it was currently focused on the highly irritating thorn in its side that is Hideyuki Ito.

Indeed, the spider continues glaring at Ito, sheer hatred in its many eyes. No more trying to be stealthy about it, no more calmness, no more attempting to relish the hunt; Ito would die, now, and in such a way that it would be simultaneously brutal and practical. No more broken limbs. No more nonsense. No more playing around with the prey. Just end him.

It goes for one final lunge, hoping to take Ito down at the very least, maybe use him to form a distraction. Or maybe just take its tormentor down, like a boar and its hunter.

Or it would work a lot more, if Kiyo didn't smack a bunch of missiles right into it, sending it careening....right into the path of Haruko. And in a contest between flaming bird and burning insect, birds tend to win, every time. Haruko herself doesn't quite take the blow as nicely as she'd like to; contrary to popular belief, it's not well-advised to smash right into giant insects that could rip you to pieces with the slightest twitch, especially when one was on fire, but the spider itself isn't exactly taking it well either, least of all because Yamato just cuts its side open, the fire in his blade cauterising the wound and stopping it from spurting its acidic blood all over him.

The creature stumbles right into Ito.

Or rather, the Golden Knight of Touto, in full armor.

[Now Playing: Armored Ito Theme ~That Person's Name Is~]

His armor forms around him as Ito does much the same thing as he always had; slain the monster. It's not hard. It's not difficult. Let the creature's momentum drive the blade directly into itself.

And that's precisely what happens. The beast trembles, shudders and twitches as Ito's blade impales it, trying to wrench itself off, to lash out at Ito, but the armor is far tougher than his coat, far tougher than everyone else's and it doesn't even scratch the armor at all.

The Zoanthrope shudders, then falls still, slumping to the ground.

The Aranea Zoanthrope has been defeated. However, Lapis perks up, seeming to sniff the air, detecting something. The air seems to lie stagnant. The ground trembles beneath your feet. Something was coming. Spica starts performing some patching up in preparation, healing Haruko up.

Be careful. There is an incoming Zoanthrope. Don't relax yet. The fight isn't over, and whatever THIS Zoanthrope is, it's....powerful.

Nearby, Amelie is running to the fight, as quick as she can, hopping off rooftops and cars to do so. She's not far away, but neither is this thing. Getting ready seems to be the best course of action.

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"Hey, hey, kid's a little scared of some Laguz. Give him some room. Slightly confused though, about what he's doing here."

Minato looks over the twins, trying to figure them out.
".....that's.....reassuring. Don't make it worse, Shef."

"It was a joke."

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