So preoccupied with listening to Zelda's tales of puzzles, Ahri doesn't notice the movement in the trees either. Later, she'll scold herself for being so careless. She's just not used to being around people this much; she's tired, she's hungry, she's off her game.
And before she knows it, Zelda's getting dragged away by dozens of the little beasts.
Ahri leaps to Zelda's side in a blur, ephemeral blue fire tangled between her fingers. She grabs one Brutok, who makes a noise like peeling bark as it's wreathed in flame and tossed aside. Her claws rake into a second one, shoving it back, and as they turn to look at the thing attacking them with their hollow eyes, Ahri hisses back at them with bared fangs and eyes shining in the darkness, all nine of her tails unfurling and spreading in a threatening display.
Still, they're determined, swarming over Zelda like a colony of ants. Strength in numbers. But Ahri doesn't falter, picking them off one by one and setting them ablaze -- the number of them rolling on the forest floor in desperate effort to put the spirit flames out is growing slowly, slowly freeing Zelda up. "Grab onto something, if you can," Ahri says urgently, "dig your hands into the ground if you must. Do not let them drag you away."
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And before she knows it, Zelda's getting dragged away by dozens of the little beasts.
Ahri leaps to Zelda's side in a blur, ephemeral blue fire tangled between her fingers. She grabs one Brutok, who makes a noise like peeling bark as it's wreathed in flame and tossed aside. Her claws rake into a second one, shoving it back, and as they turn to look at the thing attacking them with their hollow eyes, Ahri hisses back at them with bared fangs and eyes shining in the darkness, all nine of her tails unfurling and spreading in a threatening display.
Still, they're determined, swarming over Zelda like a colony of ants. Strength in numbers. But Ahri doesn't falter, picking them off one by one and setting them ablaze -- the number of them rolling on the forest floor in desperate effort to put the spirit flames out is growing slowly, slowly freeing Zelda up. "Grab onto something, if you can," Ahri says urgently, "dig your hands into the ground if you must. Do not let them drag you away."