[@Stern Algorithm]

The water swelled up and over ShiZhen's foot, then leg. "This a test, young child. Did you expect something so mild?" The head of the beast appeared over her, a glint in its eyes more that just the moonlight in the water. "The shadowbinder sends so little to me?" It surged forward, engulfing the girl completely and turning to her companion. "Such fools mortals be. Perhaps I swallow you both and demand more from the ungrateful host." The surface of the river solidified into icy scales, the elemental revealing more of its true nature. No longer quiet in its bed, the river encircled Lyra. "Have you any skills of which to boast?"