Was violent, cocky, unnecessarily show-offy, potentially overkill—
"—was amazing!"
Well, he's impressed.
They all keep close, as instructed, but Trip had to bring something up, "But you know, that was probably, like... a footguard. They're going to get worse, aren't they? Like meeting stronger enemies as you level up, if you show your strength like that right from the start, won't we... get stronger enemies faster or even get to the main boss quicker?"
A videogame analogy, might not've been the best choice of metaphor (if it were coded, she could just blaze through all of the low-rung guys before tackling the boss...), but.
There's the urn and in the midst of all sorts of low-rung, curling, smoky black and formless, constantly-shifting nastiness, a massive, human-shaped figure that fills his side of the wide room, bright red and upside down, seemingly balancing on his head. Over the urn, in fact. It seemed to glow a hot, bright yellow, as if magma was burning at its core and shining through cracks in the red skin.
[very delayed, but!!]
Was violent, cocky, unnecessarily show-offy, potentially overkill—
"—was amazing!"
Well, he's impressed.
They all keep close, as instructed, but Trip had to bring something up, "But you know, that was probably, like... a footguard. They're going to get worse, aren't they? Like meeting stronger enemies as you level up, if you show your strength like that right from the start, won't we... get stronger enemies faster or even get to the main boss quicker?"
A videogame analogy, might not've been the best choice of metaphor (if it were coded, she could just blaze through all of the low-rung guys before tackling the boss...), but.
There's the urn and in the midst of all sorts of low-rung, curling, smoky black and formless, constantly-shifting nastiness, a massive, human-shaped figure that fills his side of the wide room, bright red and upside down, seemingly balancing on his head. Over the urn, in fact. It seemed to glow a hot, bright yellow, as if magma was burning at its core and shining through cracks in the red skin.
"A curse... a curse...
"THE TEMPLE..."