Do nothing, her father said. An illusion, her father said. Yet even he seemed at war with himself over what was happening.
She was on the fence. Onainat wasn't often in a situation to attack first and did not like the idea of attacking blindly. She learned her lessons from Lojatuq; fighting without knowledge was a either a fool's work or a blind man's.
The youngest of them, her father's love, looked like she shared Onainat's own restlessness. And Onainat thought she understood what Iluq was trying to do when she moved into action. There was no time to discuss things to make sure. The changing faces on the creature were dizzying...it made her feel ill. She found that she hated to look on a thing that could not keep its face. Onainat responded as quickly as she could once Iluq flung her ice. She looped her arm tightly through her father's and reached out quickly, grabbing hold of Iluq's hand.
She should have apologized for the light shock they'd get from the static electricity still curling about her fingers. Ah, the realization that zaps could be by accident still. Again, no time!
Teleporting three people was difficult for Onainat, not impossible. She liked to think she was talented, for still being considered young, and she knew too well how brutal the experience could be on her passengers when it was so unexpected. She did not have to go far. Not yet. She had not tried the weight of three very often...
When they appeared in Koe and Iluq's rooms a moment later, Onainat found she was suddenly glad she was too lazy to drag her things to her own room. Thank the gods for wine! She quickly snatched up Skandra's hat, pulling it over her hair, and flung her pack over her shoulder. Her breathing had picked up, and she could feel the light strain of magic in her blood, but if she didn't think. If she visualized. Onainat knew she could get them away.
"Hurry up, get what you need," she said to Iluq and her father. "This all seems very real to me. Where do all these creepy things come from?"
Of course, it was not in Onainat to reference what other creepy things she was talking about. Not when said creepy thing was upon them.