After Meesei had done what she could about his leg, Janius agreed with her, but decided to wait until the situation demanded either form.

The next passage allowed them another glimpse of their quarry. The next series of events got Fendros wondering. He was waiting for them all, why was he just standing there? He couldn't have set up the cave in in the time it took to deal with his hunters. The whole situation made Fendros uneasy about transforming, as if doing so played into the orc's hands, but there was no other way. He shifted his form without taking the time to remove his chitin armour properly, causing some pieces to crack. They couldn't spare a single moment.

Janius decided to down his agility potion before transforming for the effect to carry over to his beast form, and it showed with the pace he set.

Working together, the pack burrowed and displaced as much of the rocks and dirt as their limbs could shift. Fendros found himself in sync with his beast form almost completely at this point, both fractions of his consciousness vying to pursue the orc on the other side of the rubble.