Initially, Kagan seemed unwilling or unable to get up, but after Setrina had tried a few times on her own he would summon what strength he could to help get him standing again. "You're right," he said quietly, with a faraway look in his eyes.<br/><br/>They backed away from the gate a short ways even as their enemies came close to breaking through it. "Setrina," Kagan whispered "there's no surrender anymore. They will kill us both." He looked at her with genuine concern. "We have three options: Fight them all, run past them, or lure them back this way and try to circle around them somewhere in high-security." Kagan coughed, it sounded bad. "I'm up for any of those but we need to decide now."<br/><br/>As soon as Setrina made up her mind, that gate would open. Kagan would follow her lead, whatever it was. He had not come this far to let her die here.