[Bonus chapter] Corpse Nova
"Is this city our responsibility, though?" said Spybird. "We can always run. Set up base elsewhere. The lives here, are they worth so much we lay down ours for them?"
"That calculus is always in my head. If this city is too hard to defend, then I have no qualms leaving it. But so far, I don't have enough information to make that judgement call, and, to be honest, I'm still itching for a fight," said Aldrich simply. "I still haven't tested the full extent of my powers."
He put a clawed metal hand to the pointed chin of his metal helm. "But how should I approach this battle, hm. Haven is still large enough where I don't have nearly enough forces to cover all of it.
That means I should target the main variant leading this on the ground, but if it gets constant air support from this storm, then it'll be next to impossible fighting it while worrying about an endless rain of lightning.