[ The dragons aren't vicious, but she doesn't have unlimited patience like Ren, either. If anything, the frustration will take her down before anything else. If... she really allows herself to get that frustrated. At least she won't yeet the dragons like she yeets the cat at home.

She flashes him a bright smile at his words, though, and gives her pipe a quick, one handed twirl, probably... too perfect for someone who looks as delicate as she does. ] Don't worry. I have really good aim, I promise you won't get in the crossfire.

[ Unless he walks in the way or something, then all bets are off, but he doesn't seem stupid enough to do something like that. Actually, he's tall enough, and has a pretty good build, she half wonders if he knows how to fight, too. Then again, most of her own skills had been Metaverse dependent at home. She's pretty sure she can use those skills here, too, if need be. ]

It might be, but, at least we'll know for sure, right? And that's half the battle. [ Did she just quote something by mistake? She probably did, because the phrase sounds familiar, but that doesn't really matter. He's trying to dislodge something that looks CONVENIENT CHOO CHOO good enough to float on for her, and so she moves to start to pull and try to help him too, when that sudden cry has her stiffening.

Of course one of their new dragon children has found trouble. She shouldn't be surprised -- and Kaiba was right, this thing looks absolutely ridiculous. Like some sort of cartoon monster or something... or Metaverse shadow, honestly. Well. It was inevitable that they'd be able to just get in and out without any bullshit.

She sighs. ]

I've got it. Keep working on... that. [ She gestures to the metal, before giving the metal pipe another twirl and turning to walk away from Kaiba's side, towards the chaos unfolding just feet away.

She's promised herself that one day, she'll be a real lady. But that day is not today, and unfortunately, it's not her friends here to witness this sort of thing this time around and... actively participate, honestly, but it's a total stranger. Whatever, he'll probably get over it. ]

HEY! [ The monster, still flailing, turns it's attention towards Ann now. Which is good, it gives the poor little downed dragon time to crawl out of the way -- as the monster shrieks, Ann hauls back and throws that metal pipe as hard as she possibly can, and for someone as slight of frame as she is, that's pretty damned hard. Hard enough to hit that monster square in it's face with a loud clang, hard enough to knock it over.

It shrieks as it tips over, and Ann just keeps walking forward, bending down to pull the pipe out of the sand. She's not one to kill -- that's not part of her agenda, and as a Phantom Thief, it's something they've all agreed on. But defending themselves and the innocent? Sometimes, monsters deserve to get a little beat up on. As it begins to pull itself back up, she strikes it back down again, this time, at close range. And again, before it can move or even try again.

She's about to do it again, but the monster rolls out of the way and staggers back up, pulling itself away. It stands and watches, growling and flailing, but it's missing more than a few teeth and it's considering it's options here. Ann raises the pipe again, and the monster finally backs off, slowly. ]

That's what I thought. Get out of here! [ She kicks sand at it, and it concedes, backing off a good distance into a different pile of trash to slowly begin concealing itself again. Running a hand through her hair, she walks to the downed dragon, picks it up, and moves back to Kaiba's side. ]

We're taking this one with us. [ Because it's injured and can't properly defend itself now. ] We're calling it Snowflake.

[ Because it's shiny and white, okay. Also, it's the only name that popped into her head... as girly as it probably is. ]