Wish I could say I was doing any better, but here we are.
[He's messing around looking for something--a weapon, Paine hopes. He looks like he's been through a war or two already, and he's keeping his head level enough to quip, so she'll take that as a positive sign.
In the meantime, it's her versus a fiend, and she's got plenty of experience with that situation. She can deal with fancy technique and sword enchantments later. She rushes it, swinging at its tentacles in hopes of taking out the worst of its stingers before it can employ them.]
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[He's messing around looking for something--a weapon, Paine hopes. He looks like he's been through a war or two already, and he's keeping his head level enough to quip, so she'll take that as a positive sign.
In the meantime, it's her versus a fiend, and she's got plenty of experience with that situation. She can deal with fancy technique and sword enchantments later. She rushes it, swinging at its tentacles in hopes of taking out the worst of its stingers before it can employ them.]