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Coeus couldn't stop her from her charge, he was alarmed by her sudden explosion of motion. If the battle had been real, he probably would have sat their contemplating for many more moments. A charge needed careful planning, and even now he was yelling that in his mind, as Sydney launched herself into the imaginary fray. "Blast!" He barked and scrabbled upward, taking control of his long legged, sinewy body. As he drew closer with his long strides, he could see the strangeness of the plants even better. They were tough, vine like and with the strange orange flowers. It was something he had never seen before and Sydney seemed to be having a very poor time of it. In her struggle, it looked like she was fighting for her life. With some struggle, he contained his snort of amusement.
"Oh, no, Sydney! I'll come to your rescue!" With a leap, he was there with his teeth bared. His great maw clasped onto her main attacker, as his calloused hands gripped other stems that had been uprooted from her original struggle. They were tough and a bitter taste filled his mouth. Coeus wrinkled his nose at the taste but tore at it regardless, finding as he tore at it, he was getting just as tangled up with the strange plant. With his added size, he seemed to be even more plagued than Sydney. Somehow, their actions made the plants move in just the way that would require them to coil around limbs. Growling, he ripped his foot from one clingy spiral, "Have a plan-B? I don't think we're doing very well right here."
Code by the Mentors; photo courtesy to Astrid Walter
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