<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/ljYAgW2.jpg)</div><br/>Letting Shugar take a look at the map gave Zerxel time to consider their next move anyway, but not only that, but the additional information would come in handy in the long run she was sure.  But once they got to the golem and found out the truth of the matter as to how the other contestants had wound up as soul fruits, her thoughts immediately turned to the matter at hand which was ending the golem themselves.  She did wince though when her imp was summarily tossed aside like a small ragdoll, and while the angry glare it threw her way wasn't without reason, she didn't bother to show the imp any sign she had seen it as she quickly came up with a plan of attack, which was made significantly easier thanks to Shugar's input.  Nodding her head to the bugbear's offer, Zerxel drew her scimitar blades and held them out between herself and Shugar so she could start weaving her magic.  While she did that, the drow rogue turned to Bo, her red eyes glowing brightly in the darkened corner of the courtyard they found themselves in.<br/><br/><strong>"Do your best to distract that thing then, and try to save my imp if you can Bo, but above all, keep yourself safe.  Do you understand me?  Keep <em>yourself </em>safe first and foremost."</strong>There was no way in the Nine Hells that she'd risk losing Bo here or anywhere else if she could help it, especially over an imp she could just resummon at a later date.  Granted, she wouldn't risk doing that until she was sure it'd be safe to do so given Malefactus's warning about the demonic creature, along with her own understanding of such things, so her desire to save the imp before it was sent back to whatever dark hole she had pulled it out of wasn't without merit.  But she valued Bo's life far more than that of her imp, and of the two, she'd prefer losing her imp for obvious reasons, even if the worst that could happen was Bo herself was turned into a soul fruit and was bound to the summoner's will for a set amount of time.  Still, that didn't stop her from turning to Shugar and saying,<strong>"Do your spell, then I want you to try and pick up those soul fruit and use them to help us against that damned golem.  Keep one of them back for yourself though, just in case you need to make a break for it."</strong>In either event, she wasn't about to leave without that key, and if they had to break down that clay golem to get it, so be it.