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Pan-forma's enhanced regenerative properties would keep Salvador in fighting shape, but Hector didn't know for how long. If this battle became one of attrition, Salvador's fatigue would become a rather large problem.

They needed to make sure that didn't happen.

But Hector didn't intend to resort to temperature manipulation himself--not in this case, at least. Even if it did help slow the creatures down a little, it would also make his metal more brittle, which would definitely be counterproductive.

Plus, he could sense that even the frozen spawn were not truly stopped. Their bodies were shaking and steaming, trying to melt or otherwise break free from their icy confines. Even when Roman flew down and shattered a couple frigid monsters into pieces with a visible pulse of particle vibrations, the scattered remains were still wiggling and trying crawl back together.

Whew.

There was so much information streaming into his mind. The Scarf was describing so many things to him simultaneously.

And yet, he didn't have to ignore most of it in order to maintain his focus on the main objective.

His parallel thought processes allowed him to keep track of the whole battlefield, maintaining awareness of everyone's status and positioning. For the most part. Little details might've been slipping through the cracks here or there, escaping his notice, but he didn't quite feel overwhelmed. Almost, but not quite.

It was a crazy feeling. Like reading four books at once and comprehending them all.

Comprehending chaos.

It felt impossible.

But maybe that was all chaos really was. Just more information than one's perception could accommodate.

Wait, was he philosophizing in the middle of all this, too? He didn't have time for that shit.

Those clouds up there needed dispersing again.

He launched another cube at them, which crashed into the ceiling of the cave. Somehow, it seemed to have even less of an effect on them this time, but the impact did accomplish something else.

The cave began to crumble.