[Tirñea]

	When the cart suddenly lurched and slowed to a stop, Tirñea looked over her shoulder towards the front of the cart just in time to hear the crunch of something crashing into wood. Tightening her grip on her staff, she watched as Veronica and Serena locked eyes for a moment before sliding off the back of the cart. Seeing it wise to follow, Tirñea pushed herself forward and onto the ground so she could rush over to stand by Veronica. Jamie followed closely behind, hands prepared to draw his weapon as he moved to stand near Serena. 

	The man that revealed himself was not at all what the Piñuran girl had been expecting, her worry replaced with confusion for a moment while she tried to process this pompous assailant. His treatment of the cart driver help her realize the situation remained very serious, and while he laughed and continued to talk Tirñea clutched her staff with both hands and lowered the weightier end towards the ground. Without putting too much force behind her swings the staff bounced off the ground again and again, each swing quickly turning into the next as she drummed against the earth. Sierpe had begun tunneling closer to the sounds as soon as he had recognized the quick and constant thuds travelling through the ground. Though Tirñea could not see him, she knew Sierpe was close and ready to act. Hopefully she wouldn't need to reveal him yet, and considering the people she was with Tirñea decided it was best to raise her staff defensively and let the actual fighters take the lead. Besides, it was three of them against this one stranger, surely an easy confrontation.