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Louisa felt an uncomfortable film of perspiration condensing inside Grendel, which - despite its insulation and high thermal stability - was by no means entirely isolated from its environment, and as she trudged through the burning ash and embers of the superheated earth she became aware of the temperature steadily rising. [color=82ca9d][i]To use the technical term[/i][/color], she thought, [color=82ca9d][i]things were getting "bloody hot"[/i][/color].

Feeling an animalistic anger rising at her discomfort, she gritted her teeth and began to run after the distracted komainu, kicking up clouds of cinders and occasionally pausing to pummel or decapitate an immolated warped dredge. As she gained momentum she began to close in, but due perhaps less to her own speed and more to the creeping effects of [color=ed1c24][b]Xuan-yu's[/b][/color] poison, as the monster's pursuit of [color=ed1c24][b]Deathstalker [/b][/color]became more sluggish as it gradually took effect.

With the threat removed from the frontlines - where she felt its uncontained destructive potential could quickly shatter and rout the advance of the Japanese infantry - and the odds made somewhat more even through [color=ed1c24][b]Xuan-yu's[/b][/color] impairing hit-and-run attacks, Louisa decided that it was time to tag in. Extending her glaive, she hefted it up above her shoulder like a javelin, and with two bounding leaps hurled it squarely at the exposed rear of the komainu. [color=82ca9d][i]I don't know much about warped physiology[/i][/color], she thought, [color=82ca9d][i]but things normally hurt when you shove a harpoon up their ass![/i][/color]

[color=82ca9d]"Engage your camo, [color=ed1c24]Lang[/color]! Cool off for a minute and let me take some of the heat!"[/color]

Grimacing at her pun, she recalled her weapon and advanced forward.