[h2]Miina Malina[/h2]

Oh, blight beasts, that was… it was [i]fine[/i]. They just had to worry about protecting a whole bunch of people [i]again[/i], and she didn't really have much in the way of a firm idea for contributing to… whatever plan Rudolf was cooking up. Send all the townsfolk to die fighting in one direction? 

Or maybe he expected them to shape up now that people were giving them orders.

Well, she knew the assigned roll of a mage well enough in a target-rich environment, even though it wasn't one she was really [i]suited[/i] for, she wasn't a proper black mage like Eve had been…

Not that it made a difference, none of these were individually that scary. So long as there wasn't an absolutely overwhelming tide, then the Mystrel might start to regret her indifferent approach a bit. But if it held out, this [i]was[/i] also good experience; how was she going to work out how the really big spells worked if she didn't fully exploit the biggest ones she could do.

Sword-arm raised as nothing more than a sight to look down—

"[i]Fira.[/i] [i]Fira[/i]–"

Hm, now she thought about it, hopefully the militia didn't freak out about the whole mage thing? They [i]were[/i] in Skael, and while Rudolf might be spookier, she was an easier target.