Like you're about to do with your loud voice Horgus?" Lydia said calmly, "The light is far too weak for anyone there to spot, but since you are the impatient sort, If our dear paladin can cast that light on something besides his shield, an arrowtip, for example, I can cover the light with mud or clay, bake it dry in our fancy lantern that you dislike more than the darkness, and then, when we are close enough, launch said arrow into the defensive position. When it strikes, it should shatter the mud, or clay, and give us an advantage because we'll be ready for it and they'll be caught unprepared... if we can find a coating for the arrowtip and if the light can be placed on the tip."