Kaleeth's move was one that Janius didn't expect. Mostly because it was timed and aimed so well with his spell that he found it hard to believe that she was too terrified to act an instant beforehand. Well, Janius was terrified as well, but there wasn't time to go into technicalities. Janius clambered his way out of the hiding place and stood upright a fraction of a second after Kaleeth did. The wamasu was now wounded, but Janius didn't want to depend on it fleeing if this was its nest. There was now a little more room to fight, but not much more. They would have to keep pushing it back if they wanted to escape.

Janius held his axe at the ready and stayed back from the creature as it thrashed in pain. His eyes darted around to features of the cave and the wamasu, searching for options. Options were something they were short of right then. The scales looked as tough as described, his axe would be useless against it. If he transformed, he would be in a tight spot, but he couldn't guarantee that he would be stronger enough to push the wamasu's bulk back, let alone kill it in the cave. The eggs could be vaguely seen from where they stood. If Janius threw his axe, he might break or displace them, perhaps distracting the beast, but even if they got past the wamasu, it would emerge from the cave angrier. Finally, Janius spotted a detail that had changed. Now, the mouth seemed to be a weak point. Even with its powerful bite, Janius could see that the wamasu could not close its maw effectively without the broken spear causing more damage. Janius didn't have the magicka to launch an ice spike into the soft mouth flesh, but he saw one way to do it that would require Kaleeth.

They didn't have much time before the creature tried to charge again, one way or another, so Janius was concise. He took Kaleeth by the arm and pulled her behind him. "Kaleeth, when you get the opportunity, you have to push the spear further." He glanced back, "Trust me!" He looked forward to the wamasu. He dropped his axe. A challenging grin turned into a grimace as his body convulsed and warped into the form of a lycan in the space of a few moments, breaking through the premade weak spots of his clothing and tearing through the rest in growth. He wouldn't be able to push the wamasu back, but he would be able to halt it. Janius' beast spirit could smell the wamasu's blood, but it was still in Janius' control. The lycan lunged forward from all fours and slammed into the shoulder of the wamasu. Janius had one arm around the underside of the creature's neck, and the other around its front left leg, lifting its foot slightly off the ground and forcing it to support itself fully with its other forward leg. Even though its head thrashed and roared, he had the creature held. The wamasu tried to resist Janius with all its might, but it didn't have the room to maneuver much in the cramped cave. There were jolts of pain that made Janius angrier as the wamasu arced lightning across the spines of its body, but it was an annoyance at this stage.

Even with the creature fighting back, it still held its mouth agape. The spear was so close to felling the creature. In an effort to try and make Kaleeth's task easier, Janius shifted to throw his left arm over the creature's neck and try to pull it to the ground, or close to it, and to still it. It was difficult and not entirely successful, but it was better than the thrashing head before.

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Sabine's new confidence seemed to fade slightly from her eyes upon hearing the explanation for the Trial of Body. She may have been strong, but she was not a skilled fighter. Meesei knew this, so an even match might not be as big of a problem as it could be. Still, she could hardly hold her own if she didn't get to sneak up on her opponent, or fell them with a slung stone from a distance. It didn't seem like either would be options, especially under the influence of a weakening poison.

With a lowered head again, Sabine began to walk back with the group. She still had more questions in light of the information given. "What weapons will be used?" As the possibility of helping her chances with her own brews came to mind, she thought to ask about them too. "Will I be able to use my own potions?"