[Gundam doesn't really want to kill it. They're the ones who intruded upon it's space after all by dumping themselves into it's lake. He doesn't even feel good about smacking it so hard in the head. Unfortunately his attempt at incapacitation fails, the creature turns from Kaede for just a moment... and Gundam is abruptly face to face with it.
He doesn't know the creature to understand why it's lashing out like this, but he can see the violence in it's eyes. He knows that it wants to hurt Kaede more than anything. To get to her, it will take out anything in it's path.
Maybe if they hadn't fallen into the lake. Maybe if it were cuter. Maybe if it'd targeted him instead... it would have been different. But even though he doesn't want to kill it--
Kaede attacks, piercing it's stomach. Then Minato, slashing at it's back.
--hurting Kaede or Minato is something he can't abide.]
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He doesn't know the creature to understand why it's lashing out like this, but he can see the violence in it's eyes. He knows that it wants to hurt Kaede more than anything. To get to her, it will take out anything in it's path.
Maybe if they hadn't fallen into the lake. Maybe if it were cuter. Maybe if it'd targeted him instead... it would have been different. But even though he doesn't want to kill it--
Kaede attacks, piercing it's stomach. Then Minato, slashing at it's back.
--hurting Kaede or Minato is something he can't abide.]