As the battle starts to draw to a close, Mina still feels that ray of hope burning inside of her heart. They were going to survive this. They were going to get to be free in some way. The sound was that the contract would be something that would get them out of the terrible fate. But how would it have included their names? How would anybody have known that this was something worth saving? It just seemed to be beyond her comprehension in many ways. She furrows her brow a little as she tries to understand, her hands balled up in small fists at her side as she tries to think.<br/><br/>And then any thought is banished by the sight of the burly elf suddenly shooting past to suddenly drive his knee into the nearest guard. Mina, never one to really take control of a situation for herself and far more likely to go with the low of things, decides that the best thing to do is to go along with the person leading the charge.<br/><br/><strong>"I-I thought... I'll watch your back and make sure that you are protected with some magic!"</strong>the naked waif squeaks out as she leaves from where she had been standing next to Cris to position herself behind the muscular man who is delivering out bruises and likely lost teeth to his opponents. She holds up her small hand warily toward the small of his back at first, checking the form for injuries. She quickly decides that this is not the case and prepares herself to lash out with some magic at anybody who might threaten the man aside from the guard currently being pummeled, knowing that where hope can be placed, she can draw it out to throw them off balance.<br/><br/><strong>OOC:</strong>Ready an action to cast Doom on anybody else who looks like they're going to try beating on Ox - a DC 16 Will save or become shaken.