[Chandra looks back at Liliana, her expression suddenly very, very serious. She'd noticed something, something that maybe Liliana had missed. The oil seeping out of the thing's skin. Oil. Infection. Probably nothing...but could be...]
No, I don't think we want that thing anywhere near...
[With a sudden shriek, the merfolk, the Merrow, leaps for them across the marshy ground, claws scrabbling to get at them. Surprised, but not really, Chandra pushes into Liliana, grabbing the woman in her silky dress and moving her back without thinking. She was the one in armor, and the Merrow's claws raked against the plating but didn't puncture it, at least.
The level of hostility from the thing wasn't like predator and prey, and that glistening oil definitely called her thoughts back to things Karn had told her about. Things Teferi, Jhoira, Jaya, and all the others on Dominaria had fought against. It couldn't be, not here, but that didn't make the reaction any less visceral and instinctive.]
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[Chandra looks back at Liliana, her expression suddenly very, very serious. She'd noticed something, something that maybe Liliana had missed. The oil seeping out of the thing's skin. Oil. Infection. Probably nothing...but could be...]
No, I don't think we want that thing anywhere near...
[With a sudden shriek, the merfolk, the Merrow, leaps for them across the marshy ground, claws scrabbling to get at them. Surprised, but not really, Chandra pushes into Liliana, grabbing the woman in her silky dress and moving her back without thinking. She was the one in armor, and the Merrow's claws raked against the plating but didn't puncture it, at least.
The level of hostility from the thing wasn't like predator and prey, and that glistening oil definitely called her thoughts back to things Karn had told her about. Things Teferi, Jhoira, Jaya, and all the others on Dominaria had fought against. It couldn't be, not here, but that didn't make the reaction any less visceral and instinctive.]
...Don't let it touch you!