That's a big bird. Mantis backs up on instinct and finds the wall behind him with his back. Raven had been pretty damn big. It's like a puppet from those American TV shows for children, but this was clearly a living, breathing person, and ma'am, you are so tall. Mantis has never been dwarfed this hard by someone else before.

And she looked like she was the type to casually carry swords. Mantis nodded quickly at her words and touched the offered claw with a mildly shaking hand. "Psycho Mantis. You are a Captain? Is there an ocean around here?"