The floating machines are quick and maneuverable - they're also rather big, with three broad, ridged segments sweeping petal-like from the central eye. For some reason they have tentacle-like filaments coiling out from behind them. They scatter and reform trying to get a fix on Samus. They can't fire while moving, so they only manage to spit the odd hail of rapid-fire energy bolts at her. All the while they squeal and trill like dry gears: it would be an awful sound, except that in context they sound more like a panicky flock of robotic chickens. With laser turrets.

Blaze misses this particular fun, making a thrust-aided hop to the ridge Ghost points out. From there she can charge in to that half-hidden opening, only briefly wondering //Was this here before-?//

She's greeted by the cry of a minotaur. More than one. No stopping to shoot this time: she just lets off a flashbang. //Woah. Kinda crowded in here!//