Mesaraih stopped short as Ester pulled his arm back, turning around to face her. "I thought you were joking when you said you wanted to seduce me earlier," he said with a grin.<br/><br/>He paused as she told him his plan. "Any of those sounds like a massive help," he responded. "Do whatever it is you think can handle best. Take this off me if you want, I won't die if my wound feels a little uncomfortable," he added, pointing to his chest.<br/><br/>The rock wraiths were beginning to close in on them. "Just do it quickly, I need to go help Tal."<br/><br/>He ran away from the enclosing rock wraiths and towards the one that Tal had sunk his axe into. "Hey!" he shouted, poising his legs for a powerful leap, "Try to pull that out as soon as I hit the rock!" He sprung towards the wraith, putting as much power into his jump as he could, and rammed into it in the opposite direction from which Tal would pull.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00">Valehna was glad to be rid of any of the rock wraiths, but she was panting now. The exertion of the spell was beginning to take a toll, and she wasn't sure how much longer she could keep it going. Her knees started to shake, slowly at first but gradually becoming more pronounced. "Guys," she shouted weakly, "Can you please hurry it up?"</span>