Then every bug in the area reacted to that sound I couldn’t make out, the one I’d heard when Cricket went after Coil’s soldier.
Hm. Curious. Last time, it seemed like it could’ve been something from Cricket vs Coil-lady, but that’s not the case right now. Is this something Cricket’s power allows her to do? Crickets are known for being obnoxiously loud.
It was loud enough for them to hear through the darkness, but… entirely out of my range of hearing.
Maybe she can communicate with bugs, and didn’t count on being up against an enemy with direct control over them?
I couldn’t say for sure, but I got the impression the ones closer to Cricket had heard it a fraction of a second sooner.
“Grue!” I screamed into the oppressive shadow. “Move!”
Well, seems Taylor has pieced together that Cricket is doing something, even if she can’t quite tell what.
Cricket turned toward him and lunged in one motion, bringing both scythes down in an overhead swing. Grue moved out of the way just in time.
Maybe it’s a form of sonar/echolocation.
“She has radar!” I shouted, my voice barely audible to myself. Didn’t matter. Grue could hear me.
A radar would be completely blocked by the darkness, presumably. This is a sonar, which the darkness just does “strange things” to.
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