"Bea," Kain commanded silently, "Push through the Basilisk's defenses, hard."
Bea pulsed her acknowledgment. With energy support from Chewy, she sent a surge of negative thought particles to flood the Basilisk's mind like a chilling wind seeping through a cracked door. And under that intense wind, the 'door' was beginning to crack open. She didn't attempt subtlety this time—Neural Seepage leaked aggressively into the Basilisk's consciousness, corrupting layers of mental defence with corrosive intent. The serpent hissed sharply, its previously fluid movements becoming stuttered and erratic.
The Basilisk's thorny vines shot forward again, whipping chaotically instead of the precise, controlled strikes from before. One wildly misplaced vine lashed toward Dmitri's Scarletfever Arachnid, catching the arachnid's flank and sending it skittering sideways, mandibles snapping angrily in protest.
