Jax held the translucent orb between two fingers, turning it slowly as the imprisoned creature continued hurling itself against the inside of its prison.
Every impact produced tiny ripples across the inner surface of the sphere.
Not the outer one. The barrier Jax had constructed possessed dozens of independent layers. The creature was only reaching the first.
"Persistent," Jax said as he observed the creature inside the translucent prison.
Inside the orb, thousands of tiny blue eyes glared back at him with unmistakable hatred.
Its rotating jaws continued turning, producing miniature clicking sounds that somehow still carried the same unsettling rhythm they had possessed when the creature had been large enough to blot out underwater mountains.
Astra stared for another several seconds before shaking her head and sighing, "I'm never getting used to watching you do things like this."
Jax smiled as he heard that, "I hear people say that every few weeks."
