"Fireball teleport," mumbles Hollister as the creature disappears, scratching his goatee and pondering. "It could be highly effective...gets me out of harm's way, and leaves a fireball in my place." The fire mage chuckles. "Perhaps I'll have to research just such a spell in the future."
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Later, when they come to the bridge, Hollister nods at Shaylir's offer of covering the group. But the cautious mage wasn't about to go across first. "I'll follow Liiros."