The stars were beautiful and Hadama would have liked to have taken his time to admire the remains of the solar stag, but the hot water shifted and the pressure danced across Hadama's skin and scales, warning him of an approaching predator in the sea.
The white bear was unexpectedly swift despite its ungainly appearance and the King's eyes widened briefly in surprise as Noah closed the distance. There was no time for Hadama to dodge--
But he was willing to soak the blow as his body grew soft and yielding beneath the Sentinal's heavy paw. There would still be bruising tomorrow, but the Tidebreaker's tail split apart beneath the attack, lengthening as he rolled through the water and reached out to try and grapple at the bear's neck with arms that had extended bonelessly and now ended in hooked tentacles. Eight arms stretched from where his tail had previously been to entangle Noah's paws while the colossal squid's body flexed in preparation for dragging the bear down deep below the waves if Hadama managed to catch it in his powerful, many-limbed grip.
The white bear was unexpectedly swift despite its ungainly appearance and the King's eyes widened briefly in surprise as Noah closed the distance. There was no time for Hadama to dodge--
But he was willing to soak the blow as his body grew soft and yielding beneath the Sentinal's heavy paw. There would still be bruising tomorrow, but the Tidebreaker's tail split apart beneath the attack, lengthening as he rolled through the water and reached out to try and grapple at the bear's neck with arms that had extended bonelessly and now ended in hooked tentacles. Eight arms stretched from where his tail had previously been to entangle Noah's paws while the colossal squid's body flexed in preparation for dragging the bear down deep below the waves if Hadama managed to catch it in his powerful, many-limbed grip.
