Luca's nervous when the stranger continues to challenge Ercole...until the fire happens. The three kids stare in shock.
"Santa Ricotta..." whispers Giulia.
As for Luca and Alberto, for the moment they just stare, processing everything they just saw, not knowing what to say or how to react to any of it yet. Ercole, on the other hand, is having no such trouble. As a bully and a coward, Ercole tends to prefer targets that can't actually fight back. Sure, he'll go 'hunt sea monsters' when the danger is hypothetical, and he'll hunt them even more when it's clear they're children, but people who can blast fire out of their hands? That's far above what he'll deal with.
Ercole shrieks and runs away, shouting something about how the 'fire monster's going to kill us all'. For a few seconds more, Giulia, Luca and Alberto stare in silence.
Then Alberto breaks that silence, throwing both his fists in the air and shouting, "Woohoo! That was awesome!"
Luca and Giulia start to join in with the cheering, but then they hear something behind them and turn.
Most of the people around have dropped their nets and harpoons, not wanting to mess with someone who can throw flames. One person is still holding onto their harpoon...until a massive one armed man who is pushing his way through the crowd turns and looks at the one person still holding a harpoon.
"Give me that," the man growls, before emerging from the crowd. He stares at the three of them, expression unreadable, and the three kids fall quiet, watching to see how he'll react. Finally, Massimo looks directly at Varian and speaks. "I know who they are...but who are you?"
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"Santa Ricotta..." whispers Giulia.
As for Luca and Alberto, for the moment they just stare, processing everything they just saw, not knowing what to say or how to react to any of it yet. Ercole, on the other hand, is having no such trouble. As a bully and a coward, Ercole tends to prefer targets that can't actually fight back. Sure, he'll go 'hunt sea monsters' when the danger is hypothetical, and he'll hunt them even more when it's clear they're children, but people who can blast fire out of their hands? That's far above what he'll deal with.
Ercole shrieks and runs away, shouting something about how the 'fire monster's going to kill us all'. For a few seconds more, Giulia, Luca and Alberto stare in silence.
Then Alberto breaks that silence, throwing both his fists in the air and shouting, "Woohoo! That was awesome!"
Luca and Giulia start to join in with the cheering, but then they hear something behind them and turn.
Most of the people around have dropped their nets and harpoons, not wanting to mess with someone who can throw flames. One person is still holding onto their harpoon...until a massive one armed man who is pushing his way through the crowd turns and looks at the one person still holding a harpoon.
"Give me that," the man growls, before emerging from the crowd. He stares at the three of them, expression unreadable, and the three kids fall quiet, watching to see how he'll react. Finally, Massimo looks directly at Varian and speaks. "I know who they are...but who are you?"