Almost immediately as Youmu entered the cavern, an enormous blast of energy rocked it, blasting away the water and sending the fishman escort to the ground. Another of Nanoha's spells... it reminded her a great deal of some of the repertoire of a certain Perfectly Ordinary Witch. But at the moment that wasn't the thought that occupied her mind.

As she'd entered the cave, she'd seen it. That awful, monstrous fish creature, far larger then any of the others... it was clearly a leader of some sort, wasn't it? And yet something was strange. It had hair, unlike any of the other creatures they had encountered. Long, flowing hair... her hand was still on Roukanken's hilt as she approached. That wasn't the only thing. All of the other creatures... they'd attacked mindlessly on sight. Made no effort to flee, made no effort to communicate, nothing. If any of them had been human, that humanity had been utterly lost.

And yet this one...

Rather then attack, it had hesitated. Youmu had seen its eyes fall upon them, watched its motions. A practitioner of swordplay was quite capable of recognizing even the tiniest moment of reluctance, of fear, of guilt or hesitation. It was a very... human response...

The long flowing blonde hair, the vaguely female body shape, the fact it had hesitated...

"Takamachi-san!" called the petite half-phantom, "The large one, the one with the blonde hair... do you have any way to stop it from moving entirely? I think... that may be..."

If she still had some sort of human response, then perhaps...!

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