[Q1] Dragons Peak Burns

One moment one of the other men was screaming at him and Franziska, something about being her errand boy? Something odd, something Byron couldn't place or understand. He didn't even know the other man, and he had to agree with the one who he'd had hold off and pulled away earlier, that he hoped he was screaming at some spirit.

But like always, his attention was drawn to Franziska and her comments about him and his axe, about how one of them should leave. How one of them should probably go down and move the people at the base of the mountain and that was more of his concern than someone losing his mind. He tried to ignore that a moment to focus on his wife as he leaned down, eyes still glued on the hole and the giant there. You say that as if you want to run. Or worried about me? Worried I'll do something dumb again?

His track record as of late in battle wasn't good after all, he could understand. He could also understand that, perhaps, having both him and his queen in a potentially dangerous situation was perhaps the dumbest thing he'd done in a while, alongside Elanna and a handful of the others he knew present that perhaps made the group a bigger target than needed. But he was a Wulff and doing dumb things in the name of his country and people was in his blood.

Any expectation of a response however, was gone as the fog rolled in and a barrier appeared before him and Fran. Swept backwards from the hole, he didn't notice who all else was there or appeared on their own or disappeared. His eyes instead were glued to the giant thing emerging from the ground, arms appearing and eyes of red gems locked on them. As he attempted to step in front of Fran, he couldn't help but take a swing at the thing, but his adrenaline was high as was his attempt to keep Fran and the others safe, causing his axe to miss it's mark with a snarl from him, causing him to square up at the front of the group for another blow.

tl;dr
- Really confused at Aulus's rants and ravings but doesn't take it to heart too much with GIANT
- Comments to Fran about one of them possibly leaving, a little irked but not mad
- Takes a swing and misses his mark (Combat roll: Miss)
- Gets in front of the crowd to play protector, best he can