Once Zhen Jin started to think in terms of reactivity instead of proactivity, he quickly took on a fighting stance that would allow him to move more instantaneously and used a bit of aether to recall some of the seeds he scattered about.
Evidently he was so focused on his bestial opponent that he failed to notice how his own aether was acting funny, namely turning into surprisingly efficient threads of energized silk that precisely clung to each seed, instead of being a shapeless energy that would grab stuff like clay.
The moment the seeds reached Zhen Jin's palms, was the exact moment the Rust Rodent decided to strike out.
"Skrrr-ump!"
With a very strange battlecry, the Rust Rodent slammed its tail against the cargo hold's floor and launched himself upward into an arc towards Zhen Jin. As it soared through the air, the beast began to rapidly circulate it's aether towards it's claws.
[R-rust Claw!]
