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Watching Ben anxiously, Lilie probably would be physically antsy if she actually had her body. She had no idea what she was looking at, only knowing that whatever was in front of Ben looked [i]really[/i] scary. She gasped as she saw it throw the harp at her body with no effort, only sighing in relief as the vampire managed to keep it from smushing her entirely. Why in the world was she delegated to spectator right now?! At least if she was unconscious she wouldn't have to [i]watch[/i] what was happening! The feeling was probably one of the worst, helplessly watching as the two talked.

It seemed really, really mad that Ben had attacked, and Lilie wondered if maybe the answer to the riddle wasn't to attack. But if the point wasn't to fight, then what was the point of supplying weapons? Maybe it was a red herring. But then what was he supposed to do? She wondered if this was one of those times that he wasn't supposed to do anything--that's why it could talk, right? If it was meant to just be a fight, it probably wouldn't be able to talk.

As the thought crossed her mind, she noticed the water rising. Oh, oh no, that couldn't possibly be good. Was this a sort of timer? It must be, those weird looking things in the water didn't look friendly at all. She looked at Ben, realizing he hadn't noticed. Panic bubbled up again, and she wished that it would just [i]stop[/i]. To her surprise, the water closest to her pushed back just a touch, and she felt like that was too much of a coincidence. So she could somehow still control her affinity? Or was it just lucky? Deciding to test it, she pushed back against the current, and even if the result wasn't as spectacular as she had hoped, she realized it reacted to her.

[color=00BFFF]"Okay, I can still use my affinity...what can I do with that?"[/color] She openly wondered out loud, trying to think. Well, getting Ben to notice the rising water was probably a start. At least she could move around a little, putting herself as close to Ben as she could. [color=00BFFF]"Here we go."[/color] 

Going with the flow of the push and pull, she made sure to push with the waves to reach out further. Once she saw it react, she did one final push, the water swirling around Ben's ankles. Hopefully he would take note of it and realize he was being timed.

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[sub][right]Panicking and putting her faith to the test with [@Bert Macklin].[/right][/sub]