He did not ignore the eel as he worked. He watched it, sometimes out of the corner of his eye and sometimes directly. Confident in his own strength, he felt no need to be the aggressor against the creature whose territory he was passing through. Another shell was placed with quiet precision, and then another, and soon enough Metacarpal Island - in all of its eerie, carnivorous glory - was encircled with the protective barrier that would prevent the feet of the Family from touching down upon it.
The eel seemed to slither away and for a moment Hadama drew sea water through his gills with a release of tension across his shoulders at being left alone again, but then--
He paused in his swimming, contemplating his erstwhile new friend's reappearance and the challenge in its milky gaze. With a silent nod to himself the Tidebreaker shifted once more, his body stretching long and longer still, darkening with midnight scales. The shell basket remained clutched carefully in one gentle claw as he flowed forward into his Lóng Dragon form, approaching the eel to circle around it in silent answer to its boldness before using his air magic to gentle nudge a shell from the basket and guide it down to its new location in a cascade of masking bubbles.
Hadama shifts to a Lóng Dragon and circles the eel! He activates Air Manipulation to create bubbles that he uses to lift a shell from the basket and drop it into place.
The eel seemed to slither away and for a moment Hadama drew sea water through his gills with a release of tension across his shoulders at being left alone again, but then--
He paused in his swimming, contemplating his erstwhile new friend's reappearance and the challenge in its milky gaze. With a silent nod to himself the Tidebreaker shifted once more, his body stretching long and longer still, darkening with midnight scales. The shell basket remained clutched carefully in one gentle claw as he flowed forward into his Lóng Dragon form, approaching the eel to circle around it in silent answer to its boldness before using his air magic to gentle nudge a shell from the basket and guide it down to its new location in a cascade of masking bubbles.
Hadama shifts to a Lóng Dragon and circles the eel! He activates Air Manipulation to create bubbles that he uses to lift a shell from the basket and drop it into place.
