“Hey bud….” Kate can’t help petting El Blanco when the creature wraps a tendril around her. By now the two have formed enough of a friendship that she’s sure she’s not about to be eaten. The creature grumble-roars and she sighs. “Really?” She can’t help sighing when the worm nudges her forward where a clearly unafraid shrieker is standing. “You okay with this?” She asks the Shrieker, then winces when it shrieks. “Okay, okay fine…” She murmurs, settling onto the creatures’ back, holding tightly to a tuft of fur at it’s neck. “Lead on then…” The Shrieker runs, half-bouncing, and she winces at every jolt, the unconventional steed works all the same and she clambers over rocks to help Rhonda escape the other Graboid, helping her onto the Shrieker and sending her home, waiting for El Blanco to join her. “So now what?” El Blanco blinks slightly then changes forms, flickering into a humanoid shape with wings, scooping her up and flying home. Later, much later, she’ll wonder what on earth possessed her to take a risk but for now, for now, she’s content.

Captain Treville: fighting mode on.