Thread:FunAndGamess/@comment-39024013-20190813093354/@comment-39042010-20190815130800

The Darkheart begins galloping away from Grim and Veeta, leaping over the river from rock to rock, his stride too large for a normal deer.

"Hold out the stone," he whispers. "The Water Guards will be here."

Sure enough, Agatha can see strange octopus-like creatures floating in the water. The second they see Agatha and the Darkheart, they seem to swell, inhaling. A jet of ink shoots out of one's mouth, missing the Darkheart by an inch. It hits the rock wall behind and melts a hole in it.