Eldarin was suddenly glad that he hadn't tried wading through the thick underbrush. If had then he might not have seen the Ents before they saw him. The question was, what to do now. Obviously fighting them would be an idea in poor taste. He could start a forest fire but that would just as well kill him as it did them. Perhaps he could use it as a distraction though, surely if they saw flame they'd immediately try to put it out. Climbing through the treetops? No, he'd risk walking into the grasp of a waiting Ent. Running through them was unadvisable, though with the help of some flame he could perhaps do it. Eldarin deliberated for a few moments more. Well the safest thing to do would be to start a fire a safe distance away and see what happened. Little risk, possibly big reward. Eldarin held the torch up in front of him and stared at it fiercely. He raised his hand to the torch and muttered jumbles of words under his breath. The words ceased and Eldarin's hand left the torch, now holding a fireball the size of his head. He gave it a might hurl, far forward and to the left of the hill. Time to see what happened. Hopefully this didn't bring the whole forest down and his head, since that could happen in more ways than one.