Dyllan let out a sigh and scratched the back of his neck impatiently. “Geh… I hate this part. I always feel like such a coward, just sitting around waiting for Andie to finish doing all the actual fighting.”

“We’ve talked about this. Whether or not charging in like a brain dead lunatic ‘feels’ like the right thing to do, it isn’t.” Cedric’s eyes drifted coldly off toward a mildly interesting painting hanging on the wall. “My Virtue’s power is only really viable when my patient and I aren’t actively under attack. Your Virtue’s power would be extremely useful if Andie didn’t need to be within arms reach of her enemies to damage them. However, since she would need to keep popping out from behind your shield to attack, you’re really only helpful in certain situations. Most importantly, neither of us has any method of actually hurting the Nightmare. So unless there’s some aspect of our powers I’m wholly unaware of, all we’d accomplish going down there is distracting Andie and putting two more lives unnecessarily at risk.”

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“I know all that, and I agree with your reasoning - though I don't like it.” Dyllan glanced nervously toward where Andie had leapt out of the building. “Still… it doesn’t sit right with me. Maybe we should check in on her from here? I can use my shield to help us retreat if she’s in trouble.”

“Sound logic.” Cedric wandered over toward one of the office chairs and took a seat. “You keep watch from the next room over - pretty sure Andie left a hole big enough to see half the city. After exhausting my Virtue, I frankly couldn’t care less about anyone's well being. So unless she’s in mortal danger - well, more so than usual - it’s going to be difficult to motivate me to do much of anything.”

“Yeah, yeah. I know…” Dyllan looked around for a good vantage point, something that would let him watch Andie’s fight from a safe distance.

“Besides, Andie’s the type of girl that wouldn’t die even if you killed her. So there’s nothing to -” A horrible shriek and a flash of light erupted from the streets below them. “Ahhh… My ears… Well, at least we know Andie is fine.”

“Unless this was some ‘heroic sacrifice I’m-taking-you-with-me’ type thing. I’m going to hop down and check on her... just to be safe.”