[This thought is quickly followed by Lutece no, which is a long-worn train of thought and comfortingly familiar in a different world.]
[It's not that Lutece doesn't have it handled. It's that Lutece has to be right where he'll get hit if, by some outside chance, something goes wrong. Nate takes up a sensible person's position off to the side before himself casting, running through the formula rapidly under his breath before turning it loose, borrowing the essence of the earth to bolster Lutece.]
[Nate doesn't bother calling out. It isn't necessary.]
two?
[This thought is quickly followed by Lutece no, which is a long-worn train of thought and comfortingly familiar in a different world.]
[It's not that Lutece doesn't have it handled. It's that Lutece has to be right where he'll get hit if, by some outside chance, something goes wrong. Nate takes up a sensible person's position off to the side before himself casting, running through the formula rapidly under his breath before turning it loose, borrowing the essence of the earth to bolster Lutece.]
[Nate doesn't bother calling out. It isn't necessary.]