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[h3]Eastern Yharnam, outside the Hunter's clinic[/h3]
It was Hunter doctrine to be active rather than passive, to always act rather than react and take the initiative rather than wait, which was one of the main reasons that the old Hunters frowned upon the use of shields. Even now this philosophy remained so ingrained in Victor that he could feel his entire body vibrating, his limbs twitching nervously as his instincts called him to action... yet for all that his body wanted to move, his mind had no idea where or how to do so. The faint haze he had seen for a moment had faded almost immediately, leaving him nothing but assumptions as to where this [I]entity[/I] was. He could catch his breath and then move in again, attacking everywhere at random in the hopes that he happened to eventually cut the thing that had taken Raine... but then what? With how big, powerful, and quite frankly [I]alien[/I] this being seemed, the thought of killing it by just swinging his sword randomly was nothing short of absurd. The most likely outcome would be that he was taken as well, leaving Adelicia all alone.
What had happened to Raine? What was the thing that had grabbed him? What had it done to him? Was he still alive? Had it eaten him? Was he right there in front of them, only now as imperceptible as the one that had taken him? Had it sent him somewhere else? What was this thing? A beast?
No, that last thought was pointless; even Victor knew enough to recognize that this specific act was not the work of beasts. This was arcane. Otherworldly.
[I]Something from another world,[/I] he thought, gritting his teeth as he held himself in place, trying desperately to think of somewhere to aim the aggression building inside of him. [I]You hear about things like this, but... to actually witness it...[/I]

Victor had been aware of the saint swaying next to him, his paranoia prompting him to visually confirm that the movement he was sensing was indeed her about once a second, but it still came as a surprise when he abruptly registered a bigger movement as she started to actually fall. His body fully primed for action the Hunter reacted instantly, dropping his sword and quickstepping to cover the distance between them in a heartbeat as he slipped his left arm behind her from her right, gripping her left shoulder, all to stop her from falling...
and then he immediately recoiled, letting her fall the rest of the way to the ground as he staggered away from her, desperately grabbing his right wrist with his left hand, hunched over and grimacing in fear, rage and hunger all at once. That had been way too close! He had only realized that his right hand had grown bigger, each finger had sprouted a claw, and was moving to plunge into the woman's deliciously soft, warm insides at the very last moment before it would have been too late. Even now he had to struggle to stop himself from rushing over to maim her; her state of total vulnerability was just too inviting.
[I]She's not even conscious! She wouldn't resist at all![/I] he thought, disgusted with himself for feeling such things in the presence of a person he was responsible for, and who arguably did not deserve his hostility. The so-called visceral attack was a dangerous power indeed, especially given how hard it could be to resist doing it.
Hunters were supposed to hunt, after all, not protect; they were killers, not babysitters. He could not imagine how Hunters with children of their own managed to avoid killing their own spawn, defenseless little bundles of meat that they were.

Only by keeping his distance, breathing deeply and forcing himself to calm down did Victor succeed at returning his right hand to its human appearance, though this accomplishment did earn a sigh of relief. Not that the situation was resolved, only salvaged for the time being; he was still faced with the conundrum of having to ensure Adelicia's well-being without brutally murdering her by accident.
“Saint?” he called nervously, staying a couple of meters away. “Adelicia?”