[In Velvet's mind, it's like a cougar taking on wounded deer. The way he's carrying on makes her job on the ground a lot easier; while he keeps the monitors' attention up towards the sky, Velvet stays low, darting behind cover while she moves towards the new group.
Just after the gun from the chopper drops, Velvet launches a surprise attack. The way everyone else (including Shiro) is dealing with the monitors without fatally wounding them provides some motivation for her to do the same. She has avoided killing people before for Eleanor and Laphicet's sake, and in this case, there's also reason to show restraint. Velvet doesn't want to be the one to incite further conflict and violence once this is over.
So she primarily uses her kicks, which with her greaves are still strong enough to break bones. They're quick enough to incapacitate the monitors before she gets shot again, too, and now she has some new weapons at her disposal.
Tempting for her to give Shiro some more telepathic encouragement, but why distract him? She grabs a sidearm and another rifle, then makes her way back into cover.]
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Just after the gun from the chopper drops, Velvet launches a surprise attack. The way everyone else (including Shiro) is dealing with the monitors without fatally wounding them provides some motivation for her to do the same. She has avoided killing people before for Eleanor and Laphicet's sake, and in this case, there's also reason to show restraint. Velvet doesn't want to be the one to incite further conflict and violence once this is over.
So she primarily uses her kicks, which with her greaves are still strong enough to break bones. They're quick enough to incapacitate the monitors before she gets shot again, too, and now she has some new weapons at her disposal.
Tempting for her to give Shiro some more telepathic encouragement, but why distract him? She grabs a sidearm and another rifle, then makes her way back into cover.]