Something wiggled out of the crack. A translucent, tendrilly thing, like part of a fancy sea slug. It whipped around aimlessly in search of the assailant.
"Shouldn't have brought the ******** cop," Julian quipped irritably. "You just woke it the ******** up!!" He'd summoned a pair of salad tongs into his hand -- Lady had given a couple basic training sessions on magic along with the whole radical self-care shtick. Now he was swiping at the veilworm's arm a bit clumsily, trying to get it to grab on.
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