Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Dripdripdripdripdripdripdripdripdripdripdripdrip.
It started with a whine. The construct knew the sound. Knew what it meant. The dam was under unbelievable strain.
"FASTER, PROGENITOR DAMN YOU! FASTER!" The unicorns continued swinging wildly, and it was done. The water flooded through, and washed away two of the unicorns, but it was done.
The construct let out a sigh of relief.
Friesden woke up and turned to her carrier.
She said nothing as she kicked him. Kicked him, again and again and again and again. If you had been watching and knew nothing of the way a pegasus works, you would laugh at what she was doing.
But if you know, you would be clapping. With each strike, she hit one of the pressure points around the wings. Each one of them controlling the fall. With one last swift strike, Carrot's wings no longer responded.
Her eyes were the most ghastly part of it all. They weren't -her- eyes. They spoke of death. Of ruin. Of the end of all things. Of the lost immortality of the world before. Of the last days of the last age of the universe. Of pure entropy made manifest. And worse, they held the onlooker with a death grip, no pun intended.
With a quick flap of her wings, she took the pair to the wall of the fort.
Wham.
Wham.
Wham.
Wham.
Wham.
With each slam of the pair against the wall, Carrot's grip weakened.