As soon as Winnifred fire's the first shot getting a hit on the cockatrice's eye, she begins to aim again, only to be distracted for a moment by the sudden appearance of a fifth student, one she didn't recognize at all. Trying to keep an eye on both the other student and the cockatrice's movements as it tried to aim its venomous spit at Rian. Thankfully Rian was far too fast for it, so Winnifred at least didn't need to worry any about the team's healer getting petrified.

She turned her attention back to the cockatrice, although she was still rather confused as she wasn't used to people suddenly appearing in the middle of assignments and it looked as though Rian was casting a spell targeted on the new arrival as well. Winnifred couldn't spare much attention to it though, as she was more concerned at the moment by the fact that the cockatrice had already started resorting to its petrifying spit. Something like that had to be stopped right quick. She took another deep breath, aiming at the cockatrice's head again. With any luck, this thing would go down any second. "Bang!" she said again, firing the second crippling shot. Winnifred was aware she'd already used up a good chunk of her energy with these charged shots, but she was sure she'd be able to use a couple more if she needed to.