Eric was busily trying to shake off the gremlin-thing that was still hanging on with grim determination. The creature's needle-like teeth had gone through the gaps formed by the links in his chain mail and sunk in tightly. A tiny portion of Eric's mind was even now wondering why the hideous thing hadn't had all its teeth broken when the chain shifted.Finally it took Presto hitting it over the head and prying it off to remove it. Even as Eric muttered several curse words under his breath he heard Fairalin's appology, and he gave the Fae a sympathetic look. "Hey, don't sweat it! We all lose our cool sometimes! Well, except me, of course."
"Hey Eric," Presto's voice called, and Eric turned in time to see one of the goblin-critters up close and personal, and he stepped back with a yell. Presto snickered, dropping the corpse at his feet. "Calm cool and collected, that's you Eric."
Any response that Eric might have made was suddenly cut off by the sudden appearance, and subsequent attack, of one rather irate Cassandra. When Diana and Presto pulled the practically spitting Mystic away from him, he straightened to give her a glare, gingerly probing his struck nose.
"Well bimbo, if the shoe fits!" Eric snapped. "Good thing you're such a lousy shot honey, you probably would have broken your foot if you'd connected well enough, I *am* wearing chain mail!" He shook his head and muttered "Airhead" under his breath.
He took a deep breath, trying to reign in his anger. "You making a poor attempt to beat up on me, and an even poorer attempt to threaten me is *not* helping Kryschenn! While we're standing here arguing, she could be in big trouble, or hurt, or worse! All you're doing is *guaranteeing* that something happens to Krys by going into hysterics! If anyone would be at fault for something happening to Krys it would be *you* for keeping us from looking for her!"
Eric stalked away from the others, ignoring the trickle of blood he could feel from the gremlin-things' bite as he headed towards the nearest tunnel entrance. "I suggest we haul ass out of here, before that Umber Hulk finishes eating those monsters!"
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