squashed in like sardines

Amun

You'll be faced with problems of all shapes and sizes
You're going to have to make a few compromises

The flashbang didn't really work as well as Amun had hoped, probably because squash didn't have senses like normal creatures did. He'd had similarly difficulties with the tangleweeds after all. Keeping up his efforts with his lightning blast, he took a step back as the first wave of gourds managed to spill out of the ditch.

Gaze sliding over to Maea, he opened his mouth. Then he froze. "I'm an idiot. I forgot I can teleport too!" His free hand started reaching for the compass he kept in his pocket. Before he could grab it and activate it though, a veritable pile of the gourds swarmed over him, knocking him to the ground and ripping him free from her grip.

They began to bite and mash against him. Sputtering, he activated his phasing upgrade to try and remove himself as best he could. His now intangible hand reached into his pocket so that when his upgrade ran out he could immediately grab the compass and get out of there. Rolling away from the mass of gourd as best he could, he shouted to Maea. "GO! I swear I'm right behind you."

For now we're happy if not overjoyed
And we'll accept the things we cannot avoid