[quote=@Drifting Pollen]
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I seem to recall it moving from being basically on top of the mech to landing on the bone-covered ground to its right.  The movement was described as a "lunge," which is a little unclear, but the same post made it obvious that the Pater was in 'midair,' making it clear enough that it was a jump.
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Uh, it was in mid-air because it fell off the Mech. If you imagine the situation as Doc obviously did when writing, completely ignoring the pauldron, you can see that Slimy would throw itself rightward and over the Mech's shoulder and then fall to the ground, it didn't need to jump in that scenario, it's only now that Higan has used the pauldron to feel which side the creature jumped off his Mech that it's suddenly became a majestic high jump.

Ultimately, Doc's failure to include relevant information has led me to enact a strategy I thought I was well within my rights to use, as the Mech's pauldron is clearly shown and could easily have been interacted with on the departure of a 300kg creature. Because of this, I've now revealed my plan, pretty much the only way I could think of to even hit a creature that has avoided bullets from literally five feet away while simultaneously blinding the Mech. I can't retrieve that tactic, so I'm put at a disadvantage because my opponent did not include a painfully important part of the Mech in his hasty escape, nor describe the act of evasion properly, which has been a pretty pervasive trait throughout this fight. If I'm working with an incredibly vague opponent, how the hell am I supposed to do anything? The creature is hard enough to hit as it is.

Also, what the fuck am I supposed to do instead? Should Higan remain stock-still and just wonder what's going on, can I look rightward as a guess or do I have to look left because otherwise it would be meta-gaming? Can I move away from the creature or do I have to move towards it? There's really no good follow up for me in this, as Doc can and probably will accuse me of meta-gaming if I do anything other than write 'The Pater wins at everything'