Aether struck the shark's skin and - singed it. Parts of it even seemed to have been pierced, but certainly nowhere near the extent that one would expect from a strike from weapons of those caliber. Neon-blue blood oozed from its wounds. Luckily for Taharial, the attack had slowed it, forcing the beast to reconsider its choice of a meal. It snapped its jaws at Taharial one last time, far too close for comfort, before turning to get away from the painful rain of aether falling upon it.
Inside the derelict, the electric lines along the crab-thing's carapace lit up as it committed to the fight. It reared up its head and made a screeching sound that shouldn't have been audible in the vacuum, but somehow echoed across the local comm lines.
The walls around them seemed to react. Large, barnacle-like things opening up to reveal a writhing mass of pulsing purple and blue tentacles. They seemed too short to reach out and grab hold of the Mindys, but had an eager look to them none the less.
The crab took a step forward, its sharp feet leaving dents in the derelict's floors. It squared off against Thad, then charged in with claws ready to bisect him given the chance.