Salem's immediate response to Azoth's entrance was to drop the bag he was holding, fall onto his ass, and scream. He screamed for a good five seconds, paused to catch his breath, and then continued screaming. The fact that the horse was speaking escaped him, and he scarcely noticed Eve's presence at all. Salem backed himself up into the desk that they'd done the binding ritual at, remaining on the ground for now.<br/><br/>Solomon, however, took a more direct approach. Someone had invaded his territory, his library. While he could not force them to physically leave on his own, he could try to get Salem to do so. Solomon dove from the shelf he was on, his body twisting in mid-air into the shape of a large, double-edged sword. The blade was formed from his tail, long and somewhat spiny, while the handguard resembled his outstretched wings in a much smaller size. The skull that made up his head was present in the crossguard, open-jawed and upside-down, with a bone-shaped handle coming from the back of the 'neck.' Once his body had shifted, he returned to his near-indestructible stone form, and landed on the ground in front of Salem.<br/><br/>He, instinctively, grabbed the sword's handle and scrambled to his feet. The effects of the binding showed prominently and immediately. The symbol on the back of his hand emitted a dull glow, and he raised Solomon's excessively weighty blade form from the ground with ease. He held it towards the horse in a defensive stance, gripping the weapon with both hands, and took a half-step forward. He then immediately took the same half-step backwards, because he was really not prepared for what might have happened if the demon had rushed him right there.