The Fire Elemental Soul seems to hear her. With its last ounce of strength, it surged through the water, a tiny streak of red light diving into the Field Frog's chest. The frog froze, its eyes wide. Suddenly, the water around it began to hiss and steam.
"Look, Lucy! It's happening!"
Maddy leaned over the water, her wings buzzing in excitement. The frog's green skin began to darken into a deep, charred black. Glowing orange veins, like flowing lava, spread across its back. Its feet grew long and clawed, and its throat sac pulsed with the rhythm of a coal burning furnace.
[Response: This is natural evolution through elemental possession. Unlike trait absorption, this is a symbiotic advancement. You are witnessing a live evolutionary phenomenon.]
"So this is how it happens naturally? Not through eating. Not through force. Just… out of luck?"
Maddy stood still, watching the newly evolved monster hop onto a rock as if nothing extraordinary had happened.
