[As the golem took more slow, determined steps towards their encampment, Sieglinde shakily grabbed hold of her familiar, clutching his collar not just because she was trying to get the beast to heed her, but because the tremors in the sand threatened to send her to a knee or toppling onto her rear.]
Isengrim is far faster and stronger than I!
[It certainly did look it, corded muscle hidden slightly by thick fur, most of its head merely ivory skull, some sort of pinprick of light deep in the dark eye sockets serving as eyes, teeth and claws sharp and exposed. Teeth and claws would do little against stone... But she doubted at this point she could keep him from the fight even if she wanted to, already feeling him strain against the collar she was holding. Switched hands to the fur just at the line of its skull, tugging insistently for attention.]
Just distract it- Do not let it hit you-
[But if she had any other instructions for the creature it wasn't going to hear them, because the next tremor sent it wresting from her grip and shooting towards the approaching golem like a horse out the gate, howling in a way that called goose pimples to her flesh, shooting Haise a somewhat shocked expression. It was her own familiar, but... She'd never heard him make a sound like that.]
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Isengrim is far faster and stronger than I!
[It certainly did look it, corded muscle hidden slightly by thick fur, most of its head merely ivory skull, some sort of pinprick of light deep in the dark eye sockets serving as eyes, teeth and claws sharp and exposed. Teeth and claws would do little against stone... But she doubted at this point she could keep him from the fight even if she wanted to, already feeling him strain against the collar she was holding. Switched hands to the fur just at the line of its skull, tugging insistently for attention.]
Just distract it- Do not let it hit you-
[But if she had any other instructions for the creature it wasn't going to hear them, because the next tremor sent it wresting from her grip and shooting towards the approaching golem like a horse out the gate, howling in a way that called goose pimples to her flesh, shooting Haise a somewhat shocked expression. It was her own familiar, but... She'd never heard him make a sound like that.]
... Be careful.
[Wait, had she said that before...]