"Jeez!" Rian exclaimed, starting as a man crashed through the window, onto their table, and then onto the floor. Halieu's eyes widened as his only external reaction to the surprise, though on the inside his heard gave a rather unsettling<span style="font-style: italic">thwud</span>sound. The both of them watched as Ren seemed to heal the man before their eyes. Rian watched this with awe and Halieu with more of an impressed, surprised expression.<br/><br/>Once the man was healed and away, the two also got out of their seats and stood next to Ren and Myra. "Well let's see," Halieu said, trying extra hard to keep calm after that awful motion he'd felt in his chest, "We can, run, fight, hide, tend the wounded, help with evacuations, or sit and do nothing. I'm leading toward running and maybe helping out anyone we come across along the way."<br/><br/>Rian had a very different opinion. The sounds of battle outside were striking something buried deep in the animal instinct of his spirit. It was like his blood was boiling in his veins, and he could only see one option. "I say we fight!" he said excitedly. One might notice now that suddenly there were cat-like claws where his fingernails should be and his golden eyes now had slitted pupils. On top of that, it seemed an orange striped tail was deciding to make an appearance from under his shirt.<br/><br/>It seemed that from there their decision was made for them, a group of about seven goblins stormed into the tavern, metal spears at the ready. Judging by the looks of things, more could arrive at any minute. Rian gave a glace back at Halieu, grinning, his canines now sharp and pointed. "Don't look at me," Halieu said. "They're all yours."<br/><br/>"Alright!" Rian exclaimed.<br/><br/>Halieu looked toward Ren and Myra, but directed his statement more towards the girl. "You're about to see something... unexpected."<br/><br/>That was an understatement. Right before their eyes the form of Rian shifted into that of a rather large tiger. Somehow, his clothes disappeared in the process, as if they'd also been part of the transformation. The tiger Rian now stood at about 5 and a half feet at the shoulders and probably weighed at least 600 pounds in pure animal muscle. With barely a pause he began to pounce on the goblins and attack them with his claws.<br/><br/>The goblins in the tavern currently had their hands full trying to deal with Rian, so Halieu took this opportunity to continue forming a plan with the others. "Well, if you two have any ideas, now would be the time to say them." He himself was already starting to ponder using Rian to clear a sort of escape route by scaring all the goblins away. It really depended on how smart they were. Any creature with a decent IQ would surely step out of the way of a giant raging tiger.