[his nose picks up on the scent at the same time that Ananke spots the flower]

--Should we make a run for it? It's big enough to dodge.

[he shifts the aim of his sunflower towards the thing's mouth. it's gotta be hard to bite them if it's getting a mouthful of sunlight!!! and he preemptively shifts them to slip around the thing, towards the remains of the lily path]