[Ermac can sense the malice pouring off this machine like heat off a sun-baked stone, and it stays his hand for a moment. His own powers are compromised here, and while he's sure he could destroy these possessed animatronics, something tells him that he'd need the element of surprise first. And perhaps more than bare hands, as strong as he was.

And so, he leans back into the shadows and waits. The duck, assuming it was supposed to be a duck, would either wander out, or wander right into an ambush. Either way, he'd catch it off-guard.]