The corrupted best thrashed and growled before them, the size alone making her legs quiver as Connie stood behind Pearl. It was supposed to be a simple mission, a field test to put her graduated abilities to use but when the time came to act she’d frozen over.
They’d been forced to split up, and not knowing where Steven and everyone else had run off to didn’t help.
She couldn’t run away! That would leave Pearl alone against this gem. All her training and lessons would be for nothing if she simply ran away leaving behind her mentor.
“No! I-I mean, I’m sorry ma’am but I can not follow that order. I will not run away from the battle.”