[ There's simply too many of them. A swarm, and as much as they try to push them back, it's evident that the Uvi outside wouldn't be mopped up so easily. They need a better solution. A solution that had been staring at him in the face since he came here. He had came out of it alive once, with others' help. The blond man looks down at his hands, now covered in the scrawls of the Black Plague. His body remembers, even as he tries to forget. If the people here would not abandon him to fight alone, then perhaps... ]

Do me a favour, would you? Take these civilians to the barrier. I need to try something alone.

[ Should his partner agree, and return later, they will find Julius literally rooted to the ground. White branches have sprouted from his back and pierced through his clothes, planting themselves into the ground below. A few of them grow into something resembling long, slender wings, wrapping themselves around him in a half-formed cocoon. Only his upper body is visible at this point. ]

You're here? [ there's the slightest feeling of oh shit even if the man would never be caught using these words ] Stay where you are! Don't come closer. Please.

[ Or maybe you've taken a bit more time to escort the Palai away from danger, and had skipped the tree formation process entirely. Instead of finding Julius where you've left him, you will see his blade left lying on the ground, at the (hovering) feet of someone else.

Who's that? ]