Shark

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Lore

Behaviour & AI

• Cruises its water volume on a patrol until something enters its territory.
• While chasing, it leads the target's velocity by about half a second, so swimming in a straight line is not safe.
• If a target stands on land above its water, the Shark circles beneath them at a fixed stalk radius and waits.
• It has no attack state. Contact itself deals the damage, backed by a flat horizontal shove that throws the victim out of the water's control volume.
• Kiko takes extra upward knockback from the shove, enough to recover into flight.
• Its presence is telegraphed through Kiko's threat ring, so an aware player always knows when one is hunting.

Combat & Player Interaction

• Fighting the Shark is not the point. It shapes routes: players cross its water quickly, in bursts, or find a way around.
• The shove is the punishment. It costs position and momentum more than health.