Dara saw through the Stone Soldiers' eyes as their world was flipped upside-down. The details weren't clear but she could definitely see his glowing tendrils working out from around him, and knew that this man was a phenomenal being, someone a lot like them. Dara shared the vision with Thy while he was still focusing on his giant army. 

"គាត់ជាដូចជាពួកយើង។ | He's like us."

"គាត់មិនមែនជាពួកយើង។ | He's not us."

"តើយើងត្រូវធ្វើដូចម្ដេច? | What shall we do?"

"តើគាត់នឹងធ្វើយ៉ាងណា? | What shall he do?"

"គាត់នាំយកមក។? | Bring him in?" 

"កំទេចគាត់ | Crush him." 

It was an odd conversation, almost hazy and controlled - unlike their usual mannerisms, unlike their usual selves. 

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The Stone Soldiers entrapped in the tendrils were struggling, trying to wrestle free from the vices of a luminescent kind but now by command, they froze. Unmoving was they except for their heads which followed Cody wherever and however he went. A rumbling could be felt through the earth, a sensation so light only Cody could perhaps sense it before it happens. But even he will have to be quick with what happens next.

The first hand sprouted out fast and grabbed onto Cody's arm. The next one was coming. Underneath the ground, hundreds more. Shards of earth shot out from the ground, about to pierce Cody's torso.