Russell gave Jessie an irritated look as she gathered up her hear and headed out to rejoin the team. Giving himself and Niko some privacy sounded like the two of them were getting ready to get hot and heavy. With the elfmaid still trembling as she clung to him romance was far from the first thing on Russell's mind even as he continued to stroke her hair gently. Instead he just held Niko close and murmured soothing words to her.<br/><br/><em>"It's all right,"</em>he reassured her.<em>That noise was some of our vehicles. To us they're as common as wagons are among your people. What you heard were some weapons our vehicles have."</em>Gently Russell patted Niko on the back.<em>"Remember when I said that we stopped the orcs? My commander called for some help when it looked like the orcs were going to break our lines. That's all the noise was - some of our allies helping us out."</em>