Oh for- we are not going to die if we get fired! Or get fired at all. Or- or be used as a power source, good grief.

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They can't actually rule out human meat shields though. Oops. ]

She has been standing there because it is a concentration spell, which requires focus and effort to maintain, because without it there is nothing stopping those shadow creatures from wandering around the town. If she wanted to kill us, she wouldn't have shown up to cast it in the first place.

[ Why!! Are the two of you!! Making them defend Lucretia!!! With their own mouthwords!!!! ]

You two are terrible influences on each other, honestly.