Lea shot Thea a grateful smile as the not-mongeese went down. "Thanks for the assist," he said.

The smile he gave Taiki was more sympathetic. He knew this was probably rough for him, but unfortunately, there was no real way around it. At least there wasn't any blood- from either them or the things they were fighting- this time around. "You focus on taking care of those vine-wire things," he said. "We'll watch your back, OK?"