[ Eliot was already half free by the time the half-ton man over there had stepped in to help. He opens his mouth to give a more sincere thanks when— ]
Woah woah woah, HEY—
[ Except... that is not the sound of a leg getting torn from a body. That's the sound of a toddler playing too hard with their doll. Are they not... people? Real? Whatever they are, Eliot is quick to use this, breaking off the arm of the guy... doll... thing reaching for him in a shower of plastic shards instead of just breaking the hold. It rears back, and then attacks again, so Eliot breaks off its other arm too. ]
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Woah woah woah, HEY—
[ Except... that is not the sound of a leg getting torn from a body. That's the sound of a toddler playing too hard with their doll. Are they not... people? Real? Whatever they are, Eliot is quick to use this, breaking off the arm of the guy... doll... thing reaching for him in a shower of plastic shards instead of just breaking the hold. It rears back, and then attacks again, so Eliot breaks off its other arm too. ]
You could have just led with that, you know.