heracles steps on crabulous
You can even see Hera's tears falling from the beast.
"In case you were wondering what our bodies look like."
"What are you talking about? Those things back there?"
"Hundreds of years old, but, intact. More or less.
Even self-repairing technology has its limits."
"So, you have bodies...
... am I supposed to help attach your heads onto these things?"
"I don't think that's necessary. The repair drones will be more than adequte.
But I wanted to prepare you for what is to come."
"Annihilating-War..."
"That is the word in Ashya Jayasahatra language."
"These things are huge! Why do you even need me?"
"You're still the only one who can get close to Athetos to disable the Breach Attractor.
But, you're right - one on one against our true forms, he wouldn't pose even a slight threat."
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In our world when we came across this one, it usually meant the end of the road. However, by luck, there was what you could call an "address bomb"... that is, if you were to bomb the boss with a grenade item and then press the start button at the same time to pause, it would cause an infinite loop in memory that turned the grenade into a warhead. Boom.
Good times.