Thunk, thunk, thunk, the crossbow bolts sank home again and again, but only seemed to piss it off all the more. Aurelia, at least, sounded like she was having fun, as a combination of her flame breath and claws crunching through chitin could be heard.<br/><br/>The rust monster facing him was rapidly giving up on finesse, instead focusing on charging him, trying to bowl him over, and simply trample him into the ground, though he was strong enough that it wasn't going to work, and soon, he'd be able to drive the creature to the ground, Aurelia having finished off hers, and coming to help him put it down.<br/><br/>"That could have gone poorly," she said, once she was back in human shape.