Upon sensing the approaching storm, the creature stopped and tilted its head towards them. It had thought there would be a few of them, like all the groups it had encountered before, not an entire horde of humans!
It looked like the creature was thinking about something, and then it started moving again.
The clawing got even more frantic this time, and it even forgot about its damaged leg and used what little control it had over it to push itself forward.
Seeing this, Aiden put a third shot into the ground in front of it. The creature flinched back as the shot hit, but recovered faster this time, adjusting its path sideways instead of retreating entirely.
With all the shots, it had deduced the location and the angle from which Aiden was sniping him. As long as it got out of the angle, there was still time to escape.
"Genuinely too smart for your own good," Aiden said quietly. "Just what are you?"
