Eli surprise as the Inquisitor’s fist crashed into his chest, and he was sent stumbling backwards. He tripped over a chair tossed in the fight. He hit the ground hard, biting his tongue, the familiar metallic tang of blood filling his mouth.  [i]Not even clones should have that strength...what in the name of Aer is going on?[/i] He thought, picking himself up and gathering himself for another charge at the Inquisitor when smoke filled the room. Eli flailed around, trying to strike the voice of the Inquisitor but failing. Finally he stumbled towards the outside glancing wildly about for a few moments. “Where’s the son of a bitch…” He muttered to his active spirits. All of them, including Shreckt, didn’t see him. “Oh good. He can clone himself, has an ice spirit, and can disappear whenever he likes. I [i]hate[/i] Inquisitors.” With that, he sent back everyone but Shreckt. [i]Guard the girl. I don’t think this Walkins is done with her.[/i] [color=9e0b0f] [i]Right.[/i][/color] The Kuasagi spirit stood protectively next to the girl and Adonai. For a moment Eli allowed himself a breather, the people outside of the bar ignoring his own appearance. Eli being injured and bleeding wasn’t an uncommon sight in the Guild, his tendency for dangerous missions well known. 

And then Helen marched up to him getting aggressively into personal space in a way few would dare to do without their hands on a weapon. Eli gave a smile, his teeth stained with blood. Then his leg finally gave in to all of the stress it had been put under. Once again, he hit the ground. He almost let out a curse, but bit it back at the last second, glancing at the girl. Anyone who had spent any amount of time in Eli’s presence would have instantly recognized that as odd, to say the least. By that time the Rider had arrived and given a brief diagnosis. Eli was in too much pain to get suspicious and hostile at the Rider. “He’s right. I was just recently in the middle of Varisie territory, taking something they really didn’t want me to take. For the record,” Eli said turning his gaze to Kuro. “I actually become a better shot when I drink, and I wasn’t distracted. Kal doesn’t talk and Shreckt has been in my head so long she’s practically my voice. “ Eli nodded towards his only two visible spirits. “Not powerful enough to have more than those two. As for the kid, in my defense,”

 Eli gritted his teeth as he tried to make himself as comfortable as possible on the ground with all his injuries, “I didn’t [i]let[/i] him take anything. He was supposed to be hiding, keeping himself and his sister safe. Then he leapt over the bar and grabbed the gun before I could react. After that, what was I supposed to do? Grab at the kid while he was holding a loaded weapon, with clearly no training on how to fire it and obviously having never killed someone before? That would have been even more stupid than jumping in front of the gun myself. And [i]that[/i] I don’t think you would have been able to fix. As it is, patch me up temporarily so we can go somewhere safe with the children. We need to find out what exactly just happened, and the Inquisition never gives up on targets that easily.”