Juna dropped beneath the ceiling shape before its outer edge crossed her throat.
One curved metal band passed above her, striking the opposite wall with an even knock.
Two more bands followed around a pale body suspended beyond the team's lamp range.
Hajin raised Aegis between Juna plus the passage while one Ring maintained a controlled rotation.
The barrier received no impact after the creature withdrew upward using bands instead of feet.
Juna held both sharpened claws above her shoulders beneath the passage ceiling. "It knew where my neck waited, though I cannot hear any breathing."
Hans lowered his lamp until metal edges caught its light. "Keep its position rather than naming its nature before we find Bren."
The creature crossed a passage too narrow for the body visible between its rotating bands.
Six dark bands touched separate surfaces, moving pale flesh between them without contact with the floor.
