Tattletale starts shouting some names. Ash Beast, Gray Boy, preferably on a planet where every square inch is affected by an Ash Beast, jailbroken Sleeper. Even two six five is more power-intensive than he looks.



The entity is unconcerned. Even if that plan worked, it has plenty of fuel and a means of recharging. Possibly two, now. While the Warrior fires another blast that bounces harmlessly off the bubble of keratin, this entity applies the same mind-affecting abilities it used on the sorceress. Nothing works. This is good, in a sense; it confirms that the humanoid has abilities that beat anything shards can do.

The entity provides a portal and summons its sorceress. With the recent improvements in large-scale observation, thinking speed, and multitasking the sorceress is already vastly more powerful than she was yesterday. The entity plants the idea in her mind that she should try to break that bubble.