( For a moment, long, thickly inked, he gazes back at the creature, the filigree of mutated and dragging dead that line it. How its numerous tentacles curl and release and batter ships as if they are war fields.
He calculates, mouth briefly agape, then sternly, forlornly quieted. And finally: )
I cannot pledge you a complete distraction.
( Not with the space supplied to him, the lack of wanton, indiscriminate opportunity. To materialise Wangji and elicit the wrath of its vibrations is to take on the full force of the beast, but doubtlessly eliminate countless others in that vantage. The sickly violence of the sea rattles the ships too fervently to beg the travellers to retire, while Lan Wangji proceeds.
He will rely upon Bichen. In turn, she will hold fast and strong. Together, they will do what needs done — prodigiously. )
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He calculates, mouth briefly agape, then sternly, forlornly quieted. And finally: )
I cannot pledge you a complete distraction.
( Not with the space supplied to him, the lack of wanton, indiscriminate opportunity. To materialise Wangji and elicit the wrath of its vibrations is to take on the full force of the beast, but doubtlessly eliminate countless others in that vantage. The sickly violence of the sea rattles the ships too fervently to beg the travellers to retire, while Lan Wangji proceeds.
He will rely upon Bichen. In turn, she will hold fast and strong. Together, they will do what needs done — prodigiously. )
See to your escape. I shall have your diversion.