She steps out of the way, abrupt and with purpose as a tree curls its moaning trunk to bone—and then sand to scales, earth to serpent. From its own foundations the island strips itself bare, using every last leaf until there is nothing but sand beneath their feet and a beast in their path. Avdotya hisses under her breath, foul and cantankerous. These lands and their overgrown damned pests.” She can recall the teryr from long ago, and though her spear has begun to tremble with anticipation, she herself can only feel her growing irritation.
She watches the others first, then peels away from the group that has gone to the creature head-on. Beyond them are those that have chosen its side, hoping to wound it while it is busy with the first bunch. Avdotya shoulders past one, a pretty little thing with antlers of red and excessive decor. She seems out of place in battle, but the viper lingers not on her opinions of those involved in the scrum.
Instead, rather than simply leaping blind into a fight with a being she knows nothing of, she chooses to wait. Her desire is to watch how it reacts, how it counters those that bombarded it with attack upon attack. Avdotya wants to see what it is capable of, and only then would she throw her spear into the ring.
Avdotya chooses option 3.
She watches the others first, then peels away from the group that has gone to the creature head-on. Beyond them are those that have chosen its side, hoping to wound it while it is busy with the first bunch. Avdotya shoulders past one, a pretty little thing with antlers of red and excessive decor. She seems out of place in battle, but the viper lingers not on her opinions of those involved in the scrum.
Instead, rather than simply leaping blind into a fight with a being she knows nothing of, she chooses to wait. Her desire is to watch how it reacts, how it counters those that bombarded it with attack upon attack. Avdotya wants to see what it is capable of, and only then would she throw her spear into the ring.
Avdotya chooses option 3.
