In the middle of all this chaos is a patch of stillness. Axel's starting to figure out what's going on, and while he doesn't remember much of his other life yet, it's getting easier. He reaches for Taako's hand, careful not to move his shoulder, and gives it a squeeze.

"Yeah, let's go home."

His other hand rises up, making a wall of very real fire to block the count's birds just outside the ritual's wall. Circles of fire... kind of his thing. But not something he's done in this life.