"Language, Anise," Jade chided mildly, patting her shoulder. Naturally, he didn't actually care about a little swearing, but being his usual teasing self seemed like the right thing to do at the moment. It always helped to have an unfazed person around in a stressful situation.

"Let's keep moving from cover to cover. Carefully. If we go along this side of the clearing, we should be able to get past our friends here unnoticed."

Unless one decided to just pop out through the wall without a warning. That was the trouble with ghosts. They had an unfair advantage in hide and seek.