Re: AWMBI - Discussion
They're presumably what grabbed Mina. While she's not near as good at dodging as Jenn is, she's not exactly lead-footed. They're all moving, they're more-or-less surrounding us, and Mina just flopped out and didn't respond when Melissa yelled at her. The muffled bits suggest Mina had something to do with getting out... but Melissa can't be sure.
My tactical opinion: Jen runs outside, and gets on the radio. Melissa continues to lay down cover fire while she yells at Mina to RUN! If the plants stop so much as twitching... maybe, MAYBE Melissa dashes over to Mina and tries to carry/drag her out. But right now Melissa only sees "12 pods = 12 opponents which tackled Mina", and being outnumbered by THAT much is too much to expect.
There might be more (or less) to it, but Melissa's Divine Sight is apparently still too blinded to tell her anything useful, so she has to go by what she sees. And that's "call for heavy weapons"-level stuff.
But we'll have to wait for thetwo to post Jenn's reaction (I'd guess "freaks out like Melissa", but I'm not thetwo) before getting any further.