Unknowingly to the two fighting the humanoid, the tubes underneath in the storeroom were mostly finished in their chrysalis form. The recent victim--Hala--was mere minutes away from being encompassed by the chrysalis.
As more of the victims were encompassed the humanoid gained a little bit more 'humanity'. Now, it could speak and have thoughts. . .
So it spoke, "Tilia was too shocked to notice her legs were already being trapped."
Tilia looked downwards and found the tubes had already wrapped around her legs. This was that telegraph's ability! That machine should already be destroyed right?!
Recalling when the humanoid grasped the broken machinery parts to use as projectiles Tilia realized she'd been had. It was merely a distraction, there must be parts of the broken machines that held their strange abilities. The humanoid had collected them!
