She seemed confused, but outstretched her hand and called upon the Beast of Prey. Cassie tilted her head a little, as if confused by his request.
Meanwhile, the shadows at the edges of the clearing stirred.
Soon, there was the sound of buzzing, and an abominable insect that resembled an oversized mosquito flew into the clearing, as if trying to escape something.
However, it did not manage to fly far.
An inky-black hand rose from the ground, catching it between its fingers. Sharp claws cut the creature's wings and pierced its body — just deep enough to prevent the vermin from escaping, but not to kill it.
That was Rain's job.
Looking at her, Sunny lingered for a moment, then said:
"Go on, shoot it."
She studied the desperately struggling mosquito, then nocked an arrow on the string of her bow.
And froze, not doing anything.
Sunny frowned.
"What are you doing? Hurry up and kill it!"
But Rain remained motionless, simply holding her bow and looking at the abominable thing.
Eventually, she lowered her gaze.
"...I can't."
Sunny's frown deepened.
"What do you mean, you can't? Are you still out of sorts because of the battle? Listen, I can understand why you spared Telle… I'm glad that you did, actually. But that was a person. This is an abomination."
Rain looked at him, her face terrible pale.
"No, you don't get it. I can't."
She trembled.
"My hand won't move. I tell it to draw the string, but nothing happens."
A moment later, she moved the bow to the side, drew it, and sent the arrow flying — it whistled past the vermin without doing any damage to it and disappeared into the jungle.
Rain looked at her hand, frightened and confused.
Sunny stared at his sister with wide eyes.
Then, his face fell.
"...Crap."