The unsummoned encantados gave the mermanta a moment's pause, but Attuned were known for such things and he was far too focused on the strange happening to think about so harmless a display of the woman's abilities when they had bigger dolphins to...
Best not to finish that thought right now.
The final question was an echo of the same one in Hadama's head, but he had no more answer for the drylander than for himself. He only met her eyes grimly, his words slow as he tried to pull further details from the macabre display. "There is no blood in the water. No sign of battle wounds. But... it is as if the blood was drained. From the entire pod." That last was the strangest. That the entire group was similarly affected... "I have never heard of such a thing."
Troubling. Exceedingly troubling. But Hadama was a pragmatic man, and the encantados appeared to have been dead for some time so he judged the danger to be a distant one.
That, or an even greater motivation to improve his defensive magic in a hurry.
"Thank you, I would appreciate your experience," he agreed solemnly but with open curiosity in his eyes. The woman certainly looked capable and no stranger to combat, and he made a welcoming gesture into the shallows if she would care to join him there. He held the spinning disk between them, roughly the size of a dinner plate and a little wobbly as he concentrated on its shape and speed.
Best not to finish that thought right now.
The final question was an echo of the same one in Hadama's head, but he had no more answer for the drylander than for himself. He only met her eyes grimly, his words slow as he tried to pull further details from the macabre display. "There is no blood in the water. No sign of battle wounds. But... it is as if the blood was drained. From the entire pod." That last was the strangest. That the entire group was similarly affected... "I have never heard of such a thing."
Troubling. Exceedingly troubling. But Hadama was a pragmatic man, and the encantados appeared to have been dead for some time so he judged the danger to be a distant one.
That, or an even greater motivation to improve his defensive magic in a hurry.
"Thank you, I would appreciate your experience," he agreed solemnly but with open curiosity in his eyes. The woman certainly looked capable and no stranger to combat, and he made a welcoming gesture into the shallows if she would care to join him there. He held the spinning disk between them, roughly the size of a dinner plate and a little wobbly as he concentrated on its shape and speed.
