[ There's not much he can do about all four of them as they barrel down on them at once. But within the cold currents of this realm he leaps from the pit, higher than he could in the natural world and slices open a tear long enough to throw the shovel out ahead of him and into their path.
Two squawk in surprise and attack the projectile with their hooked beaks and beating, flightless wings, momentarily distracted. One makes it past him. The last one he leaps onto the back of, and before it can throw him off he shoves the Silence Knife's point into the back of its skull.
In the brief moment he's in the real world he can hear shouts in the near distance of the other volunteers approaching, and the breaking of something heavy and made of glass behind him.
He vanishes again, reappearing beneath one of the birds that he'd thrown the shovel at, severing its leg at the joint before disappearing again. As it tumbles it begins tearing at its flockmate in a confused rage.
In an instant he's at the edge of the pit, reaching for Jack. He has no idea what he did to the beast, but before it can get back up - ]
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Two squawk in surprise and attack the projectile with their hooked beaks and beating, flightless wings, momentarily distracted. One makes it past him. The last one he leaps onto the back of, and before it can throw him off he shoves the Silence Knife's point into the back of its skull.
In the brief moment he's in the real world he can hear shouts in the near distance of the other volunteers approaching, and the breaking of something heavy and made of glass behind him.
He vanishes again, reappearing beneath one of the birds that he'd thrown the shovel at, severing its leg at the joint before disappearing again. As it tumbles it begins tearing at its flockmate in a confused rage.
In an instant he's at the edge of the pit, reaching for Jack. He has no idea what he did to the beast, but before it can get back up - ]
Out of the hole, now!