Takakage draws his sword as well, though the majority of his response manifests in his spellbook. It flips open to a particular, nondescript page - though anyone familiar with his combat style would know that this heralded a blast of spells.

There is another rustle from the bushes, and three small rabbits leap out onto the path one by one. They regard the two adventurers with curiosity -

- and start morphing into something four times their size and with as many shape teeth.

He reacts almost instantaneously, and the tome rises into the air, levitating a few inches from his hands. It spins to a vertical orientation and faces the beasts, releasing spears of ice from within its pages.