Adam listened as MacKensie introduced herself, then promptly proceeded to split off from the group. [i]"Guess we're not sticking together,"[/i] he thought, hoping the kind woman didn't do anything that would get herself killed. Before the man could think of or do anything else, two ogres and their skeletal sidekicks decided that the town would be their new piñata. And given that the gate had lasted all of two seconds against them, Adam wanted to give up right then and there despite what he had said earlier. [i]"We are so dead. What can we do? I'm not some action movie hero, I'm just some guy from Up North."[/i]

But he remembered the big guy's shouting and MacKensie's determination, along with seeing Arthur charge at the ogre. If they were going to give it their all, so should he. Even if his face made it look like the man was going to run away any second now, he wanted to help somehow. [i]"No, can't admit defeat yet. Think, think…oh!"[/i]

Inspiration struck as Adam saw a large log nearby. Maybe it was supposed to be for the wall that was basically destroyed now or maybe it was meant to be some kind of bench. It didn't really matter right now; what mattered was that it was a plant, or at least most of the remains of one. Like with the sunflowers, the man focused his effort on lifting the piece of wood, and it rose just like the smaller plant had. [i]Good.[/i]

"I'll do my best." Adam spoke quietly, almost so much so that he couldn't be heard, but he meant it. The man moved the log over a group of skeletons, then slammed it down on them to crush them as a child might squish a bug. And like those unfortunate insects, these skeletons would not be moving again. A faint smile appeared on Adam's face as he made the log rise again; he was surprised that this had worked that well. Crashing the log on three or four more groups of them worked just as effectively. It was only after the fifth successful attempt that the group started to notice their comrades being turned to splintery piles of bones. Adam didn't want to waste the wood, but he wasn't sure it would hurt beings as large as ogres. Instead, he focused his energy on thrusting the tree towards the fancy-looking larger skeleton in half-plate spiked armor, hoping it would have some kind of impact.