in the club, we turn it up

She continues her assault, paying little mind to the others or their attacks. They are distractions for her, making the hippo focus on them instead of trying to buck her off with its fat, lumbering body. Though it does succeed in rushing forward, dragging Nimue with it and earning a barking laugh from Barghest in the process. She is having fun.

Her mental talons have done grisly damage to the hippo’s back, and she seeks purchase with her teeth – her goal? Bleed the damn thing. Make it hurt. Weaken it enough that it keels right over and dies beneath her feet. And as it begins to sway, muscles rapidly losing their strength as blood pours into Estie’s maw; she knows she’s done her part.

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