"Maybe just have you stay out of it. It wouldn't do us any good if you were in the way and caught in the fight. I-we don't want you getting hurt."

More silence passed and she kicked her feet back and forth as she thought, head turned away from him. Hopefully he didn't catch that slip. She focused on the ants crawling around on the stone behind them and manipulated the hard rock idly, making little hills and valleys for the ants to maneuver.

"Hey!" She said suddenly, turning to him again with a grin on her face. "We can make you some sort of long range weapon. You can shoot arrows at things from the sidelines. You'll ultimately be useful while at the same time not getting caught up in the gist of the fray."