[She takes a step back and her eyes go to the ground, avoiding eye contact for a moment. Not dead, that's good at least, but if it could take a blow like that and still live...What was this creature?

Jennifer swallows hard and follows him,clutching tighter to the handle of her knife.] I have, er...A knife... [She trails off lamely,realizing in the face of an actual sword it means nothing. She doesn't like using it much either, so again she's struck with a feeling of helplessness. You are less than nothing comes Diana's sneer in her mind and she shakes her head, quickening her steps to keep in step with him, shivering from the breeze.]

I didn't expect you to help in the first place. So... I still have something to thank you for. [She looks over her shoulder back where they came.] Can we escape without killing it, you think? We might be able to get far enough away before it can get back up.