As much as he hated to admit it to himself, Axel didn't exactly feel confident of Aerith's plan. He glanced from her to Saix and while he hesitated to plant himself in either corner... he knew where his opinion fell and exactly how much it mattered.

"I'm not sure we'd have the time to get out if we tried that," he muttered. If there were a lot of soldiers they could very well waste too much time fighting and not stand even the chance of whatever spell it was that Aerith thought might work.