They both had hands on the weapon but Andrew stopped pulling on it, paused in mid air. What was going on? Why wasn't she defeating him already? She seemed as furious about it as she did about being chained, but he was just confused.

"What is going on here? I suppose you're here to kill the dreadful beast, as usual, but," he paused studying her face for the answer "is something wrong? Are you sure you're alright?"