The sound goes right to his back teeth, making his head ring in an unpleasantly disturbing way.

But...some threshold seems to have passed. The shifting brambles around him halt. He covers his face as the pieces crumble to dust and scatter, lowering his arms just in time to see a figure collapse on to the sand.

He waves away his personal shield but keeps the larger one in place. Hurrying forward, he crouches by the former Warrior, touching a gentle hand to their cheek as he checks them over both in body and soul.