The splash of green filling up the bottom left of the screen was enough for Higan to know Slimy hadn’t been dislodged as the Mech ground into the rock wall. Before he could even consider elbowing it in the face it disappeared again, evidently exploiting his blind-side to get up onto the back of the Mech. The question that flittered through Higan’s mind even as his body surpassed it and acted immediately was what it planned to do next. Muscle memory had dictated that his body reflexively try to shrug the creature off, albeit with a touch of military training influencing his method. The Mech stumbled away and he drove it back again to ram its back into the wall. However, that was not all he did, as the left arm was already swinging in motion it crossed in front of the A.S.P with deadly intent and over its own ‘head’. The hand opened wide to clasp at Slimy as it delivered a resounding blow to the optical system of the Mech. Unfortunately, the optics were on the front of the Mech, so to strike at them it had dangerously over-extended from its position up back. The threat of the Mech’s grab would probably only reveal itself as the stone landed, though Slimy may be persuaded to drop its attack and flee. 

The Mech was obviously grabbing blind but sensory systems built into the controls would reveal to Higan if it met resistance, at which point it would clasp down with a vice-like grip. It was most likely to grab the forearm or a chunk of flesh from the head of the Pater, whose options for escape were narrowing down as the Mech simultaneously slammed towards the wall. Higan did not need his optics for the move, but provided Slimy had decided to stick around to deliver its blow on seeing the two part threat approaching he would have to evaluate the damage then. Would Shash be crushed against the wall by the weight and power of the Mech, find itself in the A.S.P’s deadly grasp, or abandon its attack for its own safety?