Niokla drew her sword her eyes focused on the direction where the dagger was thrown, the urge to turn and check on her newly acquired companion but training kept her eyes locked on what would be considered the greatest threat at the moment. Her lips curled back in a silent snarl as she stayed focus on the target, "Hey...half orc....you ok?" she asked in a harsh whisper while she remained focused on her target in the tree.<br/><br/>"Whoever you are I hope you know just who you are fucking with?!" she growled with more bravo than she currently felt. She knew that they needed to get to some cover because whoever was in that tree had the advantage, she just hoped the other two could get up and move with some measure of speed. Nikola could of course leave them to their own fate but her own sense of what was right and wrong forced her to stay where she was to defend them if need be, even providing them the time they would need to escape.