[center][h2][b]Ophelia[/b][/h2][/center]

Ophelia nodded at everyone's preparations individually, though she did take a particular interest in Gerlinde obviously using the Hunger rune. A thought idly nagged at her about the Kos Parasite, wondering if it might be a good idea to give it to her to take advantage of its power... but it was the only one left in existence, as far as the little ones knew. Wasting something that might contain a wealth of knowledge on Gerlinde's madness and lack of foresight made Ophelia uneasy enough that she thought better of it and kept the idea to herself.

"Mmm, no better than the blood we've got. We can always come back and try again, we don't have to succeed on the first time--that's the trick of these things. Watch what the enemy can do, learn its patterns, and use that to avoid them in the future. I'll be keeping an eye out myself, but why don't you try too, Torquil? It's hard to talk during pitched combat, so I'll do what I can, but I think it'll help for you to start learning these lessons yourself, mm?" Ophelia offered before taking the runebrand back and handing it off to the Messengers if everyone was done with it--knowing it was safe put her mind at ease.

She then shifted her grip and stance with her blessed blade to be more combat focused and proceeded through the opening to the next room carefully, observing her surroundings closely and ready to quickstep away from any sort of imminent danger. She opened all her senses to the task of understanding what was happening in there, sight and sound and smell... taste and touch would likely come later, no doubt.