Raisa's form shimmered and melted and changed, until she stood on four feet instead of two. The light from the transformation made whatever-it-was in the dark grunt, then growl in a particularly raspy way.

"Sounds like a bear," the laguz said, tail lashing a bit despite the injury.

And, in proper bearish fashion, the creature charged at the figures illuminated by the light still filtering in through the first entrance.