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Well if it's going to go after Tina, that just leaves it vulnerable to Ilpholin's own attack. She could supposedly throw herself into Anika to save her, but then Tina would throw herself into Ilpholin's way to save her and there's just be an infinite paradox or something.

The dancer does skip backwards away from the heat at least as her whip darts out, the monofilament weapon vibrating at a frequency fast enough to cut through most bones and metal like butter. She slices towards the extended arms swinging the sword, knowing that's the area least able to react. Though even if she does effectively do damage, it wouldn't stop the swing in any meaningful way.
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Fettina doesn't know much about these spirits infesting the automaton, but she doesn't owe them any kinship. They made deals with Telly, so how good can they really be?

The huge thing moves with a speed Fettina doesn't fully appreciate it until it's on top of her, and by then it's too late. She lets out a meek little 'eep' as the weapon arcs down. She switches the spear's grip in her hands, holding it like a bar across her body, and catches the strike above her head. This does not go entirely as planned. She goes from charging forward to being slammed into the floor, only barely catching herself in a low kneeling position as the blade crushes her down. The floor cracks under her weight and the force of the blow. Still, she's holding back the force of that striking arm... for now.

Thrusting up the spirit spear to keep the monster's blade back, Fettina's skinny arms strain, grimacing with the effort. She shifts her eyes to look at Anika, her hands beginning to wobble. She screams in frustration, "Anika... stop... trying to protect me from stuff! I'm okay! Just kick this thing's ass already!"
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There's a large burst of flame where Ilpholin's weapon makes impact but that also makes it difficult to see how much damage she did. The whip might have gotten damaged in the process though as this construct essentially bleeds magma (or something that looks similar to it) which now leaks down onto the floor. Anika whose was already rushing to Tina's aid body slams one of its hands which at least seem weaken its assault against her as the angel will feel the immense pressure of its blade ease up.

But that's when an additional pair of arms unfolds from within the flame golem armed with what best could be described as arm-blades. They appear like kite shields that have been attached to the arms but the rounded point at their bottom glow as brightly as the searing liquid that started to leak out when Ilpholin attacked it.
This lower pair of arms don't seem to have stationary sockets as they quickly rotate so one of them comes out of the constructs chest while the other comes out of its back. They're less robust than the other pair but as to compensate, they're also much longer. The one positioned at the back then strikes out against Ilpholin, attempting to impale her on its armblades edge. The front arm instead goes for Tina but before it can try to impale her too, trapped as she is underneath the sword carried by its first pair of arms, Anika places herself in its path and manages to grab a hold of it.
This leads the arm starting to shake back and forth to throw her off it.
Meanwhile, the first pair of arms try to press into Tina now that Anika is busy with its other arm. If the angel didn't take the opportunity to get out of there when the bear slammed into the construct she will have a pretty hard time now as it's focusing all its massive might on her now.

As mentioned previously, this construct is made up of five celestial flame spirits and it appears that while the first pair of arms is controlled by a single spirit the second pair has one spirit control each arm. Therefore they can act more independently than the first pair.
What the other two spirits are doing is still unknown but at least one of them probably controls the constructs massive body.