There's a point where Ellie stops thinking as she runs. There's only her heartbeat and the freezing breaths she pulls. Something catches her arm and one torch goes flying, but she doesn't feel pain.

Something twists, and Ellie stumbles as the figure in front of her disappears.

"Joel--" And then Ellie's flying and she can't move, can't move...

Then she's by the fire next to the man, with a couple of other beings around. Ellie gasps, hearing the crackling fire and high pitched scream and something dying in the darkness.

One of the beings, a centaur, lights an arrow with the fire and sends it hurtling towards the screaming. It lights the area briefly, and Ellie sees something that scatters apart, but the flame goes out.

The screaming stops, and there's an eerie silence around the fire. Ellie takes a deep breath.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck!" Ellie wants to scream or hit something, anything to relieve the adrenaline, but she can't without risking the fire. Instead, she swears roughly, an edge of panic under the aggression.

Her arm is bleeding, but she doesn't seem to notice as she swears and then puts the torch out in the snow.

Theseus is trembling, and despite the relative safety, she stays in Daud's arms, tucking her head under his chin.