Rita shudders as she stares into the fae's eyes, but she refuses to look away.

Jasper and Zangetsu, at least, seem prepared to fight. The others... not so much. Fighting could very well lead to all of them dying, as Ignatius says. But letting someone sacrifice themselves... that's just... it's unacceptable!

"I'm not your little one," she spits at him. "And you're not taking anyone!"

Out of the corner of her eye, Rita notices Herbert inching close to the wall of fire. Rita's fire powers are similar, if not in some form derived from Ignatius'. Maybe she can...

While Jasper and Zan carry on in a way that's hopefully distracting, Rita opens a hand and then clenches it, focusing her magic on one spot in the curtain of fire, closest to Herbert, trying to peel the flames away to create an opening for him to escape through.