Meanwhile, Gyre doesn't stay in the lead. When he sees Rory grab a sword, he does the same, taking a long knife from Fen. After that though, he starts shifting around them, keeping himself between wherever he feels the monster approaching and them. If it's going to reach any of them, he'd rather it be him first.

He can feel it getting closer. And closer. Their movement is too predictable in a long, straight train, but he's not sure what they can do about it when said train is moving. As they move into the latest car, he leaves their sides for a moment to check out the window.

"We need to get off the train," he says, trying to sound more sure then he feels. Can they jump out? It seems dangerous, but if none of them got hurt then they'd have the whole island to get away from the monster and make a plan. Or they could just try to wait until the next station. It's so close though and--

He yelps in surprise as some force collides with him? Shoves him? He has no idea what happens, except that he stumbles to the side and immediately swipes at it with the knife. Or... tries to? He ends up just swiping at the clear air, staring in confusion at the spot where he was just shoved.

The hair on the back of his neck rises up, but he tries to keep his voice as calm as possible as he says, "I-I think it's here--"