Everywhere’s bad, [ Astrid says, not very helpfully, but it’s just the truth: if they leave their blades. ] Short slashes, try to carve off pieces of its limbs and body, that’ll make it weaker. Don’t leave the sword stuck in there, though, it’ll just melt and then you’re without a weapon at all and then we’re probably fucked.

[ Vaguely hopeful: ] You don’t have any water or ice magic or anything, do you? A blast of water would be so helpful right about now.

[ In the distance, the demon snarls and keeps moving closer, its progress like fiery sludge. ]