Popp is just as eager about wading into the creature hunt, but he's very much his first teacher's student. His paralyzing poison breath works a treat to incapacitate the skittery menaces, but after that's done, he can't bring himself to land a killing blow on something that can't fight back... which leaves him vulnerable once he's checking other shadowy corners for more of them and the poison wears off.

Elidibus has a fairly straightforward situation to work with.

A strangled scream.

The muffled sound of a body hitting snow.

A young man lying in a crumpled heap under the eaves of someone's house, tentacles wrapped around his neck.