[ Yeah, this thing's bigger even than the worst he's seen (and that's saying something). But there's nowhere to hide in these trees, and no clear way out. Fighting's the only other answer he can come up with, as the monster bears down on them. Even if it's futile.
Only that doesn't seem to be necessary. He only half hears her when she speaks, and the words make no more sense in a shout - but almost as soon as he's turned to face it, the creature vanishes. And it seems to have done - against all better sense - at her word.
Dumbfounded, Joel squints through the shadows of short, narrow trees, searching for any sign of movement. But it's like nothing was ever there at all. He rounds on her, eyes catching on that mound of earth again, when he sees her standing in front of it now. ]
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Only that doesn't seem to be necessary. He only half hears her when she speaks, and the words make no more sense in a shout - but almost as soon as he's turned to face it, the creature vanishes. And it seems to have done - against all better sense - at her word.
Dumbfounded, Joel squints through the shadows of short, narrow trees, searching for any sign of movement. But it's like nothing was ever there at all. He rounds on her, eyes catching on that mound of earth again, when he sees her standing in front of it now. ]
What the hell was that?