While John finally held the Twig Blight in such a way that it was unable to harm him, he could tell that he wouldn't be able to to hold it very long. He didn't like the idea of it breaking free and either attacking him again or teaming up with it's thorny friend against his partner.Jon also didn't think he could throw the plant imp far enough to get it out of his hair, instead he only saw only one solution."Hey guys, I have a problem here!"

The Cactus-Cat meanwhile was doing decent against the Needle Blight, which was exactly why it didn't expect to get hit by a bunch of glowing needles. Luckily generations of slashing cacti gave it great defense against thorns of any kind and it didn't take any damage, but it was still angry about the attack. John however lacked his Summons specialized defense and while he tried to use his captive as a shield he still got hit by the needles. In his case though his clothing prevented him from any damage.

Still the Cactus-cat was angered by both the surprise attack and the fact that his Summoner could have gotten hurt and tried to impale the Needle Blight on the thorns sprouting from it's hind legs.