Max rears back to aim and is about to let the rock fly, but it darts away before she can let it go and her grip tightens around it instead, so she doesn't accidentally throw it at Balthier instead. Her eyes go wide and her mouth drops open as she watches him slice through the crow and sees it fuse itself back together.

Her eyes fall briefly on the group in the back that are now minus their faces, and a low, strangled sort of noise comes involuntarily from the back of her throat. For a moment, she thinks she's going to be sick again, but then she snaps out of it and focuses on Balthier.

"Get out of there," she says, her grip tightening on the rock again. "Now."