Eve made a choked noise of surprise when the hollows rose up around her. She raised her weapons, ready to fight, only to be distracted by the hollows heading towards Mary. Of course. This whole endeavor was one big mistake. She swung at the hollows around her, clearing a path that she could block Mary off from them. She at least felt confident that she could hold off the hollows, but with the demon and human in the room....<br/><br/>But then, something felt off about the whole thing. Eve has never been a  thinker in battle- it was an aspect both she and Azoth lacked but made up for in brute force- but something was bothering her. Brushing it off, she began considering strategy. Fire was probably bad unless she got desperate- she didn't care much about the library, but if it caught on fire it could hurt Mary and herself. She considered, briefly, surrendering and asking to talk it out, but at this point it seemed cowardly. Besides, she didn't even know what to say. She raised her pistols and began firing at the hollows, bullets landing squarely in the hollows'  foreheads. She hoped she had enough bullets to hold them off.<br/><br/>-<br/><br/>At Joe's question, Azoth gave him a withering stare, which was most likely fairly intimidating when it came from a giant, two headed, flaming horse. Honestly, the idea of talking it out was ludicrous. He sincerely hoped Eve would never consider something so ridiculous. Even if they were his opponents, he agreed with the human woman and the demon.<br/><br/>Of course, Joe and Salem immediately moved towards him. He huffed and chose to ignore them. Their demons could take care of them. Instead, he focused on his challenged, Ruby. When he saw that she was preparing an attack of sand, he immediately lunged forward, planning to simply plow through it.<br/><br/>The sand, however, proved to be more durable than he thought. Knocked back, he staggered as he choked on sand. Azoth snorted out sand. Then, although it was less forceful than normal, he spurted flame at the ground around him. The sand would likely extinguish it easily, but he would at least be able to get his bearings and find an alternate mode of attack.