[comes her strained voice. While he was working on wilting the beanstalk, she's been watching his back and fending off a small horde of praying mantises the size of large dogs. She's been managing with a sturdy wooden staff so far-- but it looks pretty banged up by now, and the mantises seem to be making a concerted effort to stick their forelegs into her long, long, long hair to drag her down to the ground. It's plaited pretty tightly, but there's still so much of it that it's would be easy for the mantises to do, if she doesn't keep her distance.]
You're a big strong man, use the chainsaw yourself-- [The last syllable comes as she catches a mantis' forelegs with her staff, pushing it back so its spikes don't gouge her arm.] --and leave the fighting to me.
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[comes her strained voice. While he was working on wilting the beanstalk, she's been watching his back and fending off a small horde of praying mantises the size of large dogs. She's been managing with a sturdy wooden staff so far-- but it looks pretty banged up by now, and the mantises seem to be making a concerted effort to stick their forelegs into her long, long, long hair to drag her down to the ground. It's plaited pretty tightly, but there's still so much of it that it's would be easy for the mantises to do, if she doesn't keep her distance.]
You're a big strong man, use the chainsaw yourself-- [The last syllable comes as she catches a mantis' forelegs with her staff, pushing it back so its spikes don't gouge her arm.] --and leave the fighting to me.