The ratbug struggled to dodge Gwazi's attack, though, with one of its left legs already clutching the wound on its abdomen, it hardly had any had any limb to stand on as Gwazi's blade grazed its hind leg. And, before it even had time to react to that, the creature stumbled back as it felt Rae's fire singeing its right side. It drew its wings up in front of its face again, sacrificing the thin body parts for his more important flesh as the wings on his right side began to melt into hideous shapes, much like those on the left. Weakly stumbling away from Gwazi on fewer legs than normal, the creature only barely managed to leap out of the way of Books' boulder.

"Yeah! That's it!" Muse cheered from the sidelines. "You guys are getting better at this!" In her still somewhat floaty-minded state, it was almost as if she's totally forgotten that she, too, could fight.

"You cretans..." The ratbug hissed. "I... [i]refuse[/i] to be beaten by the likes of you!!" At those words, the monster paused, intensely focused, before new limbs burst out of its body to replace the ones lost - these slightly thicker and tougher-skinned than the others. Likewise, larger, blacker, heavier wings sprouted out of its back to replace the melted ones, altogether resulting in a more horrifying, mis-matched creature than they had to begin with. "Now then..." It spoke up, panting. "Come and get me…!”