For Ellyn, it was pretty damn hard to do anything. She didn't want to admit to being paralyzed with fear, but. Well.

The only dragon on her world was a Monarch. Bigger than this dragon for sure. And you didn't go off and attack a Monarch if you liked living.

Which Ellyn did, all bravado aside.

The fire, though? That, at least, she was pretty sure she could do something about.

She hoped. Dragon fire wasn't exactly the same as natural fire, but she could control magically called fire just fine. Ellyn figured it was worth a shot. Even if it might hurt. If not, hey, it was just going to energize her!

It took little more than a few seconds, but the effect would be similar to lightning to a lightning rod. The pyromancer called the dragon's fire to herself. If her gamble worked, it'd ground it all to her, and Soren might have his spell left.

Ellyn hoped.