The light turned green.
The tentacles stopped. All of them. For a full minute, nothing moved. Then, in perfect unison, they bowed. Tentacles Thrive -v0.1 Beta- -Nonoplayer-
Then the chat log—a feature he’d ignored—scrolled one line. The light turned green
Kael’s hands trembled. He typed into the empty command line—a reflex. The game rejected it, of course. But the Mat saw the attempt. Its tentacles quivered, then rearranged. nothing moved. Then
The loading screen flickered once, then settled into a deep, bioluminescent green.