[ It's pretty clear to everyone that the Pleroma are outgunned in this particular fight. While the skills among the two groups might be a little more evenly spread, only one side was actually supplied with real weaponry here, which is a real problem for a soldier who has a good sword arm, but not a whole hell of a lot of magic going for him.

Childe looks beat to hell, but Ernesto still isn't loving his odds against any of the Kenoma opponents that he's about to tangle with. At the same time, he can't exactly allow them to plow through and get to Abel and the others working on their ticket out of this mess.

So Ernesto stands firm, smiling uneasily as he watches the very frustrated looking man in front of him. ]

Can't do that, unfortunately. Maybe we could reach some kind of agreement where I keep staying in your way, but you also don't hurt me? I'll admit, that would be the best outcome for me.