[There's just the smallest mote of control in those claws, like Benedikta herself is trying to reach through from somewhere deep beneath and loosen that grip that Garuda has on him, because she didn't want this. Seeing it now... there is a guilt so unfathomable that it allows her, for just a moment, to seize control of their shared consciousness. It proves difficult with the Eikon's might fighting back, but...
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Slowly, the harpy will set G'raha down, though her claw doesn't move far, trembling as if it's waiting to strike at a moment's notice...]
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Slowly, the harpy will set G'raha down, though her claw doesn't move far, trembling as if it's waiting to strike at a moment's notice...]