"Then we pursue them! Cut them off before they can regroup!"
"We do nothing until Commander Elric gives deployment orders," Seraphelle said calmly from where she knelt in prayer. "We serve the Light, but we also respect the military chain of command. Elric is the commanding officer of this campaign."
"His pride is keeping us on the sidelines while soldiers die!" Gattychan's frustration was evident. "Every minute we sit here is another minute human fighters are bleeding on those walls."
Rindelle spoke quietly from where she methodically checked her arrows. "The demon warriors withdrew before we deployed. That suggests they anticipated our intervention and chose to retreat rather than face us. We've already influenced the battle without firing a shot."
"That's not combat, that's psychological warfare," Gattychan argued. "I was summoned to fight demons, not to be a scarecrow that frightens them into retreating."
