Out of the corner of his eye, barely penetrating his focus, Kosuke saw the Ranger scale the wall of rubble and go down the other side. At first he thought he was clearing the rocks from the other side, but after a while he registered that he couldn't hear any rocks moving other than the ones he was moving himself. The thought briefly crossed his mind that the Ranger had abandoned him, but this was immediately thrown aside. The boy flat out denied that after all they'd been through together the man would just abandon him. He instead decided that he must have gone to get a few extra hands to aid in moving this mountain.<br/><br/>The boy's face automatically curved into a small cringe at a sharp pain that flashed through his head. Perhaps he was pushing himself a bit too hard. In an attempt to ease the stress on his mind the boy stopped moving one of the bigger rocks. Opting instead to come back for it later. After he'd gotten several bigger rocks off the pile and out of the way, there was a mass of smaller rocks. He couldn't focus on any more of them at a time than he could the big rocks, he just wasn't<span style="font-style: italic">that</span>good a multitasker. But the process of moving them out of the way was a lot faster since they were lighter.<br/><br/>Quite a bit of time had passed now since the Ranger had gone off. Kosuke wondered briefly what could be taking him so long, but decided it could be a number of things. He was sure the Ranger would be back eventually. After reaffirming himself of this belief, the boy was able to turn his entire focus back to the spell. Slowly, he was making a dent in the top of the mound. Perhaps a bit more quickly, he was becoming exhausted. Magic and spell casting took quite a bit of stamina. More than most people realized.