Platypus laughed quietly. The thing (there was no other word for it) that the hands had grabbed tore apart, blood showering everywhere. Then a brilliant explosion blasted the shadows away as Platypus stepped into the room. "You should be more cautious. I didn't respond for a long time."
Light radiating off of him, he easily locked blades with the one in front of Thaid's corpse and threw the sword away, then spun around the room, slashing everything, not letting anything, anything, near him.