The mage struggles up, getting some distance from Xx for the time being. Meanwhile, he turns to Syl.
"Don't worry about Mad Guy, he's on our side. It's just that big Xox and the guy inside the sand coffin who are threats to us."
Suddenly, Mad Guy and the mage both hear a familiar voice in the air just next to them.
"Hey, remember that icefiend guy from a while back? uh, he kinda broke out and he's charging some kind of huge spell."
"What?! What kind?"
"Blow-up-y the world-y kind. Wait, is that that paradox guy? ...aaand, he's gone.
"Of course..."
the mage mutters.
"Hey, so there's a few people there but I can't see them, which are on whose side?"
"Us three human-like ones on the same side, the giant Lakorian ones not so much."
"Got it."