Cass was half expecting her to cackle, turn into a puff of smoke and then suddenly they were in a boss battle.
Thankfully, Cass' imagination was just strong and nothing of the sort happened. He did get a shock, a minor one, but Gideon noticed and yanked Cass away from her. Taniora stared at her hand in shock while Cass did the same thing.
Gideon pulled Cass a safe distance away, practically back to the side of Lucian and Edgar. Taniora didn't move. She blinked slowly after a long moment and slowly met Cass' gaze.
Nothing happened.
Taniora was either doing a great job at pretending she wasn't the Boss monster, or she wasn't the Boss monster. While everyone was reeling, Cass stared at Taniora and tried to examine what had happened.
A gentle shock, but that could have been for too many reasons. Cass' body was an amalgamation of creatures that weren't supposed to exist. Cass turned to Gideon.
