“Ugh!” She grunted, bringing her staff to bear to smash the creature along the head. The creature’s weakened dome caved in and it fell to the side with a splash, but the damage was done. Looking down at her arm, her leather bracer was marred with sticky amberum mixed with teleplasm; the creature had only pumped a tiny amount into her, a fraction of what was truly necessary… but it would slowly convert her insides into a factory to create more, twisting her until she was an abomination.
Just like them.
Reaching into her bag, she snatched another vial of skin jelly and slathered the bracer with some, covering the wound while the chaos of battle prevented any from noting her injury. Dropping the vial into the water, she stood up, slightly dizzy.
Ukah looked away from a vessel he’d just cru
