Elias saw his chance and took it. He grabbed at Cylde, though he made no real attempt to drag the coyote along - if he saw the wisdom in following Elias, so be it. If not, well, he was alone again and e could accept that because right now sticking together seemed to be suicide with Matthias seemingly a lost cause and Ryan focused on trying anyways. "C'mon, run, it's not paying attention to us!" he said in a loud whisper, gesturing for Clyde to follow. Not waiting for an answer, the fox dashed away. There was simply no way Matthias' actions could end well for the rest of them, and even less a chance of Matthias surviving his own plan. It made sense that at least someone should try and get away rather than stick around and die, making the whole idea pointless.