Fortunately, Glaive's efforts did pay off, Kuro-Puurin having drawn back from her advance and curled into a defensive ball. The dazzling light brought forth a surprised yelp as it did a fine job of both surprising the slime girl and fooling her into thinking the attack would in fact explode, when in reality it was something close to a flash grenade. By the time she had realized that she wasn't going to be splattered across the wall, Kuro-Puurin resumed her previous form and saw that her victim had escaped. With a tilt of her head, Kuro-Puurin did not attempt to pursue him and merely slithered back into the black ooze that, by this point, was now beginning to flood the very fork Glaive was about to take...