[@Dyece][@Alisdragon911][@Shmektheshmuck]

Even though the girl kicked him, Esmond grunted and tightened his grip.  "Calm down there missy," he said, already trying to figure out what he was going to use to bind her hands.  He cursed to himself for his stupidity.  He should have figured that out ahead of...

He was suddenly airborn, his grip ripped violently from the girl.  Dazed, he lay still where he landed in a heap.