[Good, she'd got hold of him- and thanks to her strength, she could bolt without the extra weight slowing her down too much- again, that burst of power manifesting as light running through her legs. Her eyes were covered again, but she'd probably need to fasten the seal more securely once they had a second to stop.

If they had a second to stop.]

Yes. I needed to thin their numbers- but that aura, staying close to it is dampening my strength.

[And, as he rightly guessed, it was giving them some sort of magic resistance, the way Saber Alter had- she half expected frustration from him, that she couldn't just push her way past that, but couldn't pinpoint where that feeling came from.

Rider shoved the little voice in her mind aside, for now. She needed to think of something- she could start abusing fly-by attacks with Pegasus and avoid keeping in their range, but could they really out-speed those things? That tactic worked best when she had mastery of the sky and a ground-bound enemy! But even she knew they couldn't just run away.]

...I could bring Pegasus out. If you can keep nullifying their fire and I get close enough, I can try and damage their wings-

[Worst came to worse, her Noble Phantasm could get them a good distance away, but with the enemies still circling, that was not a card she wanted to pull just yet.

She could keep fighting. So long as she could keep moving, she wasn't going to stop.]