"I will, I will," she replied.  "I'll put them on when I get there."  She listened as Kanae explained.  "Okay.  All I need for him to do is stand in front and make sure that the guys don't shoot me.  He's there to be a wall.  That's literally all I need him to do.  If he wants to hit a guy in the brainpan, he's free to, but all I need is cover.  Can he understand that?"  It wasn't a difficult thing Pathfinder needed from the rather slow-seeming elemental.  She shoots, he shields from return fire, she shoots again.  Repeat until all the bad guys are dead.