[CRASH! another claw of lightning bleaches the ground below. bright teeth and eyes are embedded in the ice. a dark crack appears near lick's shadow.]
[the crack spreads and a small billow of darkness expands from it, but lick is unaware. they're slowing down, losing their strength. pant, pant... it's so...]
[they're barely walking now, staring vacantly. the shadow grows, bubbling around their paws.]
[just as lick collapses, the blackness spreads up and around their body, catching them and dusty's body.]
[CRASH! another claw of lightning bleaches the ground below. bright teeth and eyes are embedded in the ice. a dark crack appears near lick's shadow.]
[the crack spreads and a small billow of darkness expands from it, but lick is unaware. they're slowing down, losing their strength. pant, pant... it's so...]
[they're barely walking now, staring vacantly. the shadow grows, bubbling around their paws.]
[just as lick collapses, the blackness spreads up and around their body, catching them and dusty's body.]