Abby pulls to one side, and Ellis breaks for the other. Tracks Ellie and Abby both even as he attends the grotesque display. Something rotted and diseased, writhing across the cracked earth, Ellis recognizes the threat it brings. He knows it.
And this he knows too: people balk, even when death comes lurching towards them.
The lack of magic from the mages is not lost on him, but Ellis takes it in stride. He's guided civilians before, and they have some advantages. Abby and Ellie know where they might go.
It is Ellis' job simply to break apart anything that gets close. There's no need to add anything else to the instructions Abby and Ellie have laid out.
Mimicking Ellie, though he doesn't keep hold of the brick. It's tossed near-instantly to shatter a window at the far end of the street as their group recedes. Not enough, but maybe a momentary confusion to draw some of their pursuers away.
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And this he knows too: people balk, even when death comes lurching towards them.
The lack of magic from the mages is not lost on him, but Ellis takes it in stride. He's guided civilians before, and they have some advantages. Abby and Ellie know where they might go.
It is Ellis' job simply to break apart anything that gets close. There's no need to add anything else to the instructions Abby and Ellie have laid out.
Mimicking Ellie, though he doesn't keep hold of the brick. It's tossed near-instantly to shatter a window at the far end of the street as their group recedes. Not enough, but maybe a momentary confusion to draw some of their pursuers away.