And Lirael hadn't even heard the mage's words. As he answered her questions, though, she lowered the bell a little more. "Lirael," she said after a pause. "I'm Lirael. And-- this battle? With those strange things in the sky?" She gestured with her wrist stump towards the sky and the dragons and demons, glancing up briefly.

And then hurrying towards Jacques and the shelter of a slightly thicker tree canopy, as more ash came raining down on her.