When the girl appeared out of the steam and began shrieking at Brendan, he had raised his hands and begun trying to find the words to calm her down. Though, he really wasn't able to get a word in edgewise as she continued in her histerics. Then, to make matters worse, Zame came rushing into the basement and actually stepped inside the summoning circle.<br/><br/>Both Brendan and the girl were, essentially, part of the summoning ritual. And, as such, their energies were intuned with the energies within the symbol upon the floor. It wasn't until Zame, being a stranger to the ritual, stepped inside the circle that the magical connection was suddenly - and abruptly - severed. A jolt like a stun gun ran up Brendan's spine and a queasiness far worse than what the ritual normally caused overtook him.<br/><br/>It was all he could do to get outside the diagram before becoming violently ill on the basement floor. His knees were shaky and his head ached. "Dammit Zame...." Brendan groaned cradling his head in his hands. "You don't just step into a ritual space in the middle of a spell. It has... bad.... reprocussions...for the caster." He gasped these final words out between heavy breaths sank to the floor, his head still in his hands.<br/><br/>After a few seconds, Brendan lifted his eyes up to look at the girl. "I'm terribly sorry for the trouble, Miss..." he began. "I didn't mean for my summoning to take you by surprise. And I certainly didn't think there'd be any outside intrusions." He cast a sidelong rather angry look at "Invader Zame" then looked back to the girl, his eyes softening. "My name is Brendan.... Tell me - are you in any pain at all? I'm sure Zame here.." He gestured toward his roommate. "...didn't mean any harm when he ran into the circle. But when an outsider interrupts a ritual it can cause a severe magical backlash to hit the participants. I'm sure it's probably mainly hit me... But I just want to make sure, are you all right, Miss?" He struggled weakly to his feet and feebly made his way over towards the girl, holding out a hand in a gesture of good natured compassion.