[It's a relief to know that Daylight understands the gravity of it all. She doesn't mind explaining the concept, but rather, it's helpful when the residents don't have to just take her word for it.
She nods at his question.]
Yes. Five, in total. The first seemed to have little effect on the thing, not to mention it gave away our location. We decided then to launch our remaining missiles in an attempt to overwhelm it.
The simultaneous detonation of four atomic weapons is not easily spectated, and we were left to seek refuge in the mines with only our instruments to rely on. When the bombs went off, those instruments failed in quick succession... We stayed in the mines for a week just to be safe, and when we came out, it was gone. We were never able to find any trace of the thing, so I can't say for certain what happened to it.
As to your question, sir, if a single bomb were to detonate where we sit, the entire town would be reduced to ash in an instant. I can't imagine how any creature, even a World Eater, could survive an assault of four.
But, then, I can't imagine how it could've survived against one. I know next to nothing about these fiends.
[She shakes her head, frustrated.]
There are, however, some benefits to being dead when it comes to atomic weaponry. A nuclear blast would kill us, yes, but radiation has no bearing on us in death. So long as bombs aren't detonated near enough for the blast to level the town, we're safe from radiation poisoning.
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She nods at his question.]
Yes. Five, in total. The first seemed to have little effect on the thing, not to mention it gave away our location. We decided then to launch our remaining missiles in an attempt to overwhelm it.
The simultaneous detonation of four atomic weapons is not easily spectated, and we were left to seek refuge in the mines with only our instruments to rely on. When the bombs went off, those instruments failed in quick succession... We stayed in the mines for a week just to be safe, and when we came out, it was gone. We were never able to find any trace of the thing, so I can't say for certain what happened to it.
As to your question, sir, if a single bomb were to detonate where we sit, the entire town would be reduced to ash in an instant. I can't imagine how any creature, even a World Eater, could survive an assault of four.
But, then, I can't imagine how it could've survived against one. I know next to nothing about these fiends.
[She shakes her head, frustrated.]
There are, however, some benefits to being dead when it comes to atomic weaponry. A nuclear blast would kill us, yes, but radiation has no bearing on us in death. So long as bombs aren't detonated near enough for the blast to level the town, we're safe from radiation poisoning.