They spread the net above it and then began to carefully lower the trap over the beautiful bird. The fish and animals around it which would have normally defended it were either sleeping or in a sort of torpor from the ceaseless night, but at the last moment a few small fish shook themselves awake and swam fearlessly at Hadama and Ray to try and drive them off.
Since the fish were barely the size of Ray's hand, it wasn't the most dangerous threat they'd ever faced, and Hadama calmly ignored them as the net settled over the bird's feathery scales.
The aquiex awoke swiftly and tried to shift to water as it flapped its wings, but the netting was too fine to allow it to pass its constantly-changing mass through and Hadama used his own water magic to press it gently back within the net. Can you scoop it beneath her? he asked of Ray, distracted by the battle of watery wills as he worked to keep their protean prey from escaping.
Since the fish were barely the size of Ray's hand, it wasn't the most dangerous threat they'd ever faced, and Hadama calmly ignored them as the net settled over the bird's feathery scales.
The aquiex awoke swiftly and tried to shift to water as it flapped its wings, but the netting was too fine to allow it to pass its constantly-changing mass through and Hadama used his own water magic to press it gently back within the net. Can you scoop it beneath her? he asked of Ray, distracted by the battle of watery wills as he worked to keep their protean prey from escaping.
