Sure enough, after Raining on Aoni's parade and bringing him back to reality, the Lad found the truth in Nyria's words and the error in his over-excitement, a trait that Glacia had unknowingly gotten from him through the LoS.
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Over an hour after concluding his second and potentially final multi-summon of the year, or at least in the case of Foliage Nodes, Aoni and his summons returned to the cavern and stumbled upon a few wolf-like monsters that had wandered into the area at some point during the raid.
Of course, what was a pack of wolves to the beast-mode furry missile, and upon making short work of the pack of seven monsters, cleaning them up and having a snack for a job well done, Glacia trotted along beside her Lord happily munching away on some jerky, while the other two were in the midst of a conversation.
{'Brother, how exactly are we supposed to get the mossy stuff stuck to the ceiling? Aren't plants meant to be in dirt or something?'} Nyria innocently asked.