 ~ Rise and Rise Again, Until Lambs become Lions ~
Bright eyed and bushy-tailed, but okay. That seemed to be the general consensus, so long as one didn't look too closely at the eyes or the way the children gripped their wands. And that, was enough for now. No sense in focusing on the worries or the fears. They were here, they would move forward.
His attention caught on Cutty, who's voice startled him somewhat. Looking back on memory, he recalled seeing the boy with the group as they left the castle, but he hadn't thought much of it. Now that they were at least temporarily out of imminent danger, the boy's presence was a good shock to the system. Surely Cece hadn't just let him go?
Shaking his head, Sabel let out a breath. A half-response to Brown's chosen line of humor. But there was no point in addressing little else but to the problem at hand. Sabel watched as Cassie drifted off from the group, and Leo and Cosgrach went to the age line with Leo. He gave his colleagues a shrug of his shoulders. "Doesn't seem like there's much else for it. Can't go around." If there even was a 'round.
And no sooner had that been started, than Cassie was returning with a proposed direction and Cole was confirming it with signs of the spider venom. While Sabel moved over to have a check as to what the Creature's man was talking about, he felt the shift in the air around them. A signal to the fact that something had changed. Given Cassie was moving through the Age Line, and beckoning the others to follow, he had little question as to what.
Straightening, Sabel clapped Cole on the shoulder and nodded to Leo, Cosgrach and the Divination Professor. "Nice work. Cole, we'll follow you and Professor Morgan." His gaze went to the students briefly. "Same as before, keep together and keep your eyes open. Mordaunt, you're with me."
Given they were now out a pair, and he wouldn't let Cece's wrath fall on anyone else for allowing the kid to be here, let alone if something happened.....nothing was going to happen to them. To any of them.
Falling in step beside the children, Sabel started through the age line and into the forest behind the others. It was an eerie of a place as ever, made even more so by the promise of moving directly towards what would likely be a mass of eight legged creatures. And who knew what they would find of the students, of the Headmistress? That thought, more than the atmosphere in the forest, chilled him to the bone, but at the same time, it barely registered. His hand was steady, his breathing even, and his senses alert.
An autopilot mentality created by training and need. Need to protect those around them. To rescue those ahead of them. To not allow any one of them to end up like the poor creatures that were caught lifeless in webs above and then around them, thickening in density and strength with every step, even as the trees grew taller, broader and closer. Cole's venom trail and Cassie's intuition, were proving spot on.
__________________ I've got a fire for a heart._________________________________________________
I'm not scared of the dark._________________________________________
_______________________________________You've never seen it look so easy.
Last edited by Tazenhani; 07-29-2015 at 05:54 AM.
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