"If we can get that far!" she called back. If they continued to press and dog their steps, they might as well be leading more trouble into the Hold itself. But there were so many outside of it; if they were trying to go to the building, they would already have done so. Something was keeping them there, ensuring that anyone who passed was ripped apart. A clearer picture of what may have been happening was forming in her mind but nothing concrete, her attention constantly diverted when another got too close and she needed to strike it down.

She turned her head to him and nodded. "All right. Let's go now, while we can." If they waited too long, they would risk simply getting pinned where they were until someone else came along. "I don't suppose you have any traps on you," she inquired, reaching into her belt.