Maybe he got ahead of himself.  Sometimes that happened.  One second he thought he was busting up the soldier like entities and then next one he was being pulled back and scolded about running head first into danger by the strange spectral figure that brought on the miniature blizzard.  "Oh."  Almond blinked.  "Well, I'm new at this."  He sighed and then shuddered, hugging himself.  "Plus I'm freezing.  Not sure how your not cold but I can't feel any of my extremities."  Then he laughed, it was nervous.  "But thanks for not letting me die.  That's appreciated and won't be forgotten."  He scratched the back of his head because it seemed like something one should do when one was at the center of unwanted attention.  

"They build a resistance."  Almond nodded at the strange figure.  "So then, is it an evolutionary thing like those monsters from that movie."  He rubbed his numb arms to try and get something similar to feeling back into them.  "They bred like rabbits and each new generation had something new."  His brow furrowed in frustration.  "God damn this is going to bug the hell out of me until I can figure it out!"  Then he caught sight of what the thing was pointing at, and how the other things were starting to get close.  They were still moving like snails on an straight away but that was still more than what he felt comfortable with.

A part of Almond wanted to make the whole.  "Ladies first" joke but was only still alive because the thing had saved his life, a few times in a couple of minutes.  It was sadly his turn to be a hero.  He swallowed the lump in his throat.  It took three tries before he nodded at his new partner and jumped in.

It wasn't anything like he thought it would be.  He thought the portal would take a long time and he'd feel something that could only be half-heartedly explained by terms like "falling up, down, and every way possible while at the same time being completely still" but what it was really like was taking the last step off the ladder when there were two you forgot about.  "Ouch."  He whined as his knee protested against the force of the impact.  "That hurt."

He paused to look around.  The immediate area was filled with tall grass.  There were a few houses in the distance.  "Hey!"  Somebody called.  He couldn't see the person's face, but the figure was definitely a man.  "What are you doing over there!  Don't you know its dangerous walking around in the tall grass alone?"

Almond tilted his head.  "Is it just me or is this really familiar?"  As in response there was a rustle in the grass behind him.