[quote=@Natsume Honnaji]
Following that a large bone hand came from beneath the boy and pulled him under quickly while the dark mage used the commotion to make good hid escape.
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The flames are too thick for you to see anything more than indefinite shadows inside and even if that wasn't the case I haven't given in to letting the bone hand take Dawn. You'll notice that Raijinslayer wrote it as a hypothetical of what would happen if Dawn was pulled under since I could still pull something out to avoid it. That's basically autohitting.

[quote=@Natsume Honnaji]
  Robin took a quick look around to see how many other mages there were and if any were injured. He spotted the boy who handed over the grimmoire and walked to him leaving another sweet roll in his hand before turning away and beginning to walk off. [color=39b54a]"Quite the odd series of events..maybe I should be just stayed in bed today."[/color]
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Just because Robin wasn't standing in it doesn't mean he wouldn't have felt some effect from it. And for the record the pillar hasn't died down. Not yet at least and Cody was basically right next to it. You essentially just said Robin walked into an inferno of flames.