"Yes! jvb it's not growing back!" I did a short and totally inappropriate victory dance (something to do with making a fist with my right hand and with my elbow bent, jerking my arm back in a short choppy motion. I dunno it just 'felt' right.)
I knew for my mirror to work, at least one of my companions had to be 'bait'. So far the beast's glare hadn't killed any of us - just made us hurt really bad. I managed to hide myself behind a tree so that the beast wouldn't lock onto me. If it did, I wouldn't be able to use the mirror. I growled in frustration, I hated to hide while my friends were in danger!
I glanced out and saw that jvb's sword was no longer glowing. "What?" I whispered to myself, "jvb be careful, your sword isn't, well it doesn't look as powerful as it did before."
He glanced up just when I said that, then he quickly glanced at his sword and I heard him say, "You're right! It's not talking to me anymore."
"Wait... wait a minute... you can hear me?" I stuttered in surprise.
"And what do you mean it's not talking to you anymore? No, never mind, we'll discuss thist later. Can you get the beastie to lock onto you?"
I had a picture of what I wanted in my mind and jvb started to do just what I was thinking he should do.
