"Hopefully we can figure something out, Yuna," Nadia said to the catgirl, seeming a bit lost in thought.  "Unfortunately, we don't have any skilled alchemists in the town.  I sent a runner earlier today back to the city, asking for some more aid and giving a report of what we've learned so far, so hopefully we can get something made up.  We haven't devised any new spells to counteract it, either, but we are working on some kind of solution."<br/><br/>Turning back to Masako, Nadia frowned a bit at the warrior.  "I don't think these things are quite like what you're used to fighting, unfortunately.  They've been strong enough to stop just about every patrol we've sent out, and they seem to be well coordinated.  I suggest not getting too confident."