[ Dylan beams at Nico's idea. At Hunter's answer, he looks up and calls out: ]

He's telling you and Dazzler up there to go high and try to get this thing to chase you forward. I've got work to do down here.

[ And with that he leaps down, catching another tendril on an exposed piece of metal and lowering himself to the robot's legs. After a little experimentation with movement, he stretches one tendril to latch on to its upper "thigh", then kicks off to swing around its legs, wrapping them up like a maypole as he descends. ]