He chuckled, clearly winded. "only because I'm prepared. Believe it or not, I'm not the greatest at evocation." Which was why he needed so many foci. Still, he'd love to talk shop, and maybe they finally should once they figured out how to get out of this mess, but right now, they were sitting ducks and he needed a breather before he was ready to unload on another one of those things.

"We should get off the road and figure out what we're going to do from here."