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((The Mon/Wen/Fri Double -- page 2 of 2))
First and foremost, she needed to maintain her invisibility. That was any Sparrow's most valuable tool, and while it was obviously possible that this Beast of Lorent could sense her presence regardless, she didn't yet have confirmation on that one way or the other. It had spoken to Lord Goffe, not her.

She would have to be cautious.

As they drew closer to the fighting, she had to say something. 'Let me fly on my own, Lord Goffe.'

He didn't respond, but he did as she requested and dematerialized the metal that he'd been using to carry her.

The freedom was both welcome and terrifying. She allowed him to shoot ahead of her and join in the battle first.

She maintained her altitude as she observed the underground field. She recognized the Lorentians easily enough, but she still didn't know who any of Lord Goffe's companions were other than Roman Fullister, who she noticed was also zipping around the air--and at quite high speeds, too.

They were obviously servants, though. At least one of them besides Lord Goffe seemed to be materializing another metal, and the largest human there seemed to be a transfiguration user, bulldozing dozens of little monsters at once with metallic arms.

But they were struggling. The monsters weren't staying down, regardless of if they were crushed or slice or skewered or even hit with explosions. The multi-legged little creatures just kept scurrying back into the fight.

They were a horrible sight, Pauline thought. Scores of them, maybe even hundreds. They were all vaguely spider-like, but the more she examined them, the more she realized that they had shapeshifting abilities like their progenitor.

Along with other powers.

But they weren't all the same. Some were spitting fire. Some were clearly electrified. Some were spewing acid. And it didn't end there, either. The chaos made it difficult to differentiate between what was caused by the monsters and what was caused by the servants, but Pauline was certain that there was more she wasn't seeing.