"...okay, fair enough. I can work with that," Travis replied.

While it wasn't a descriptive answer Travis was looking for, if gave him enough of an idea on how Zuri could perform. But given her mysterious background and her reliability in previous encounters, he remained uncertain if that was going to be enough. Before he could dwell of the detail further, Zuri followed up and asked how she would case a rune, specifically the one he had referenced earlier. 

"What? You? I didn't mean-"

Quite frankly up to this point, Travis had intended on operating the rune himself once the opportunity presented itself. But Zuri's query did however remind of another advantage he possessed; Nemo's shotgun. Indeed, its presence had nearly eluded him, even though he had carried the weapon around him via its leather sling for some time after traversing the chasm from earlier. With its shells in mind, it made perfect sense how effective it would be in a fight such as this against someone, whom was versed in the ways of magic, was also nearly dependent on it. After quickly thinking about it, he had then found a new plan.

"I-I mean, yes, you! Sorry, I had a different thought process going on..." he apologized, almost sounding sheepish in the process though he tried to recompose himself in appearing that he knew what he was doing and talking about.

Technically speaking however, [i]he didn't[/i].

"Anyway, don't worry about casting or activating runes; I'll teach you that if we make it out of this alive," Travis said with some required assurance as he held out the clear icosahedron-shaped case that held the imprint of his rune within it, "this rune I have here is stored in an encasing that responds to mana. All you got to do is channel your mana directly in to it and then it will activate. Simple."

"However, getting close won't be easy. That Rutger guy has been able to keep up with Raiya this entire fight," he continued, "if we're to try and beat him, we're gonna have to attack him together and hopefully getting in to range for that rune to work..."

Travis then pulled out one of the red shells for his loaned-shotgun, "or if I am lucky enough to slam him with one of these. Same result, just messier. But I'm counting on that rune however."

Looking back at the fight, he could tell that it wasn't going well for Raiya as he witnessed Father Stockton neutralize another one of her impressive spells, one that likely drained another fair amount of mana from her. He knew it wouldn't be long until she would be completely zapped unless she managed to finish off Rutger through the process. It was a hope that was now fading more and more. 

With a sigh, Travis then turned to Zuri, "Think you're ready? I'm sure as hell not, but if we don't make this count, we're history."