“Go on, get moving, we need to get closer” Liaena instructed Hester irritably. 

Floating serenely through the sky, the owl seemed none too eager to obey her “mistress”. Perhaps a rational stance on her part, given missiles of the equestrian variety were soaring through the sky and Malizia had a not-inconsiderable grab range. It seemed likely that in the event they did attract her attention, it would be a matter of ease for the demon to turn them into owl and human paste. 

“Oh Light – that’s Silje” Kathlin said suddenly, peering down at the street.

“Who!?” Liaena demanded, before Hester took an unexpected bank to the left just in time to avoid an out-of-control Gryphon that came hurtling through the sky towards them. Man and Gryphon alike were screaming with mingled hysteria and anger as the creature arrested its fall with its wings, just in time to avoid crashing through a window. 

“Whoa! Careful – easy! EASY!”

“That’ll do” Liaena muttered, before turning behind to face Kathlin and placing a small vial – currently also miniaturised – into her hand. “You’ll need to jump it, in three, two –“

“What?”

“One!”

“Gaaah!” came the startled scream as Hester banked up obligingly, and Kathlin received a strong push in the back to propel her – rather ungracefully, through the air to crash into some rather pungent, smooth leather. She had landed on the gryphons armoured rump. “…I do wish she wouldn’t do that”

Paying more attention to the vial in her hand, the girl yanked it off with her teeth to down the lot in one gulp. Already feeling her size increasing as she shuffled around, Kathlin tugged nervously on the guardsman lapel “Er, Sir? Captain?”

“Eh…WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP HERE!?” Initially twisting around sharply, the man yelled in utter disbelief as his eyes bulged at the dishevelled young woman. As if sensing his discomfort, his mount cried out angrily as it beat its wings laboriously towards the battle. “Wha—HOW---WHY??”

“Church business!” Kathlin cried out hopefully. Pointing at her blue and white apprentice robes as if that counted for evidence, she pointed up at the demon hopefully. “The church has a plan – to lure the demon out of the city with minimal damage. You need to get me over there!”

“….please?”