What, that little thing? Not a chance, [ Claude says, shaking his head. ] I was just trying to distract it. My magic's rudimentary at best. A kid could have done better than that... and what you pulled was a lot more impressive, besides.

[ Then why isn't it chasing after them? Claude's not sure yet. He can't put the dots together in this place as easily as he can back home; the laws of this place just make no sense to him. He feels like a kid starting from scratch all over again. ]

But we should take advantage of it while we can. Mind if I take a look at your ankle? My healing magic's just as shoddy as my wind magic, but I can at least take some of the pressure off.

[ No need to save his stores of magical energy, anyway. It's not what he really uses to fight. ]