Atrinae opened both eyes this time.
She looked at Gray with curious before turning to the chamber outisde.
Then back at Gray with the expression of something that had been waiting to be asked and had developed several opinions about how long that had taken.
"I know... Don't look at me like that."
"Hiss~"
"Are you ready?"
She flicked her tongue once, stretched her small body along his arm, and then coiled back into position with coldness on its eyes.
Gray looked at the chamber outside through the gap in the teeth.
'Jasmine. The moment Atrinae starts stripping the defensive field, how long before the worm responds?'
[Based on previous attempts, the reaction time from the plate area to full body response is approximately one second...]
[Possibly less if the stripping is painful enough to accelerate it.]
'So I have one second after Atrinae hits to drive the rapier through before the contraction comes.'
[One second at maximum. Probably less.]
'That's enough.'
