He slams his staff down, throwing barriers around everyone as he tries not to think too much. Another possession. And they don't have what they'd need with them to field-test the ritual, they don't have anything other than an urgent need to defend themselves.

"You could always leave him, go into a nearby nug or something, if you're asking what we want." It won't. It has power like this. But Anders rarely shuts up and backtalking a demon seems a good cause.

Haste is the next thing he casts, spreading it to their group. "Can we... Is there any chance we can just subdue it?" It might not be good to ask this of any of them. There might not even be anything of Kain left. But he has to try, because he cares.