Bones scoffed as he heard the threat from Xune and shouted in retort while running past, [b]"Stay here and die then if you like!"[/b]

He'd heard the skeletal minions shattering to pieces behind him as he ran and had no interest in sharing the same fate. That aside, what little desire he had to help had evaporated the moment the drider opened her mouth, justifying the sheer disdain he held for her kind.

[i]No respect for life or death,[/i] Bones thought contemptuously as he ran on. [i]Better for there to be one less necromancer in the world.[/i]

But then Xune called out, "Just buy me a few moments to focus and I can deal with this guardian."

An earnest plea. Suddenly, it no longer felt just abandoning the drider to her fate and Bones halted in his tracks as he thought, hesitated and turned away from the room's exit.

[b]"Gods damn it!"[/b] he cursed to himself as he sprinted back the other way.

At that point, instinct had completely taken over and he gave no thought to whether Xune's magical barriers would hold. All he saw was a drider about to get crushed by a giant golem and that there was something he could do about it.

With a leap, Bones tackled Xune out of the way of the attack and shouted, [b]"GET OUT OF H-"[/b]

His words were cut off as the blow struck.