'How many of you do I need to defeat without killing before you realize I'm telling the truth...?' asked Will, allowing the shark-headed man to sink as Ogden and the remaining Guardians observed with varied expressions and degrees of caution.
'Now that he mentions it, we don't seem to have lost anyone,' remarked the aquamarine lizardwoman, flicking her forked, hot pink, yellow-tipped tongue as she looked around. Will wasn't certain before, but her pleasant-sounding and raspy voice reinforced that she was female. He couldn't tell before since many aquatic, amphibious, and reptilian Zoans didn't present with mammaries.
'It doesn't matter. As Guardians, we cannot allow a threat to pass into the domain under our protection,' asserted Ogden, now nearly nine meters tall with deep, ruby-red skin. He had augmented his muscle mass and density at the cost of several cycles off of his life, so he was committed to seeing the battle through to the end.
