Looks like my combat-ready anteater, Willow, has some beef with the newest resident robot Linq... what did he do to deserve such treatment? Nothing in particular, but Willow has a bit of a prejudice against new and fancy things that she doesn't understand. Therefore she must stab at them! With her knife-hands!

Unfortunately, it looks like she wasn't aware of the extent of Linq's arsenal! She sees what looks like a power core opening from time to time, and she figures the best way to take him out is to punch straight through it! Only after her hand has passed through and starts twisting into a new form does she realise that maybe she got in over her head x)

Linq actually has the ability to deconstruct and reorganise organic matter, and can twist others' forms into whatever he wills, so long as he preserves the mass involved! He does not do this maliciously (at least, so far as his built-in safety protocols are concerned! And not overridden...), and any affected beings must retain their full mental state (again, within definitely-not-overrideable safety protocols). But when it's a matter of self defence, sometimes his personal safety trumps other moral behaviours...

I'm sure she'll be fine. And not wind up as a fish.

Huge thanks to  SpiceTonic for exporting the layers for me! o: I did the flats in PaintTool SAI, but then some bugs caused it to not launch any more. I was wanting to try Clip Studio Paint anyway, so they were kind enough to load the file, export the layers, and allow me to finish it in a new program! Thank you!

Did want to do a bit more with the energy core and effects, but got a bit frustrated with everything I tried. Decided to just move on and try better next pic x)