Quickly, Muse looked between the group members, thinking of how to most efficiently shelter them all and what form to take on. However, glancing back upwards again, he realized that the bird creature moved a lot faster than he’d anticipated — and he barely had time to get out half a curse and a barely-successful flinch as the being’s claws suddenly had him crushed against the ground. 

“D-dammit…” he muttered as he struggled to pull himself together, clutching his abdomen as he looked weakly up at the bird creature attacking the others. “Don’t worry about me!” he called out quickly. If the roleplayers were distracted helping him, then the bird could pick them off easy! Muse wasn’t worried about recovering — surely he could figure out a quick fix. But in the meantime, he had to make sure these kids could defend themselves. “Just focus on fighting that thing!” he yelled from the sidelines. “You guys [i]know[/i] you have the power — so use it!”