Cora responded to Shida's proposal about luring out the Vygorns. 
"Not that I'm sure why you think they need two hints of Elementals on site, but we'll need everyone for this first act. That way if anything goes amiss we have numbers with us."

Shida gave her a funny look for a moment.. "The reason is because when people are hit by a snowstorm they hide inside and wait it out, but when they see a giant pillar of fire, they usually send their bravest to go investigate. I like your idea because they won't be so apt to running back the other direction into a snowstorm, and the villagers and workers will be safer hiding inside. Along with being able to use the village afterwards rather than destroying it completely. With both of our ideas combined I think we'll get a much cleaner result, don't you think?"

Shida had already made his way outside the cave, right after Will walked off to help out the newbie. He saw what he thought was a ghost sitting outside the cave. Looking closer, he remembered him from earlier, but he looked like he was already dead. His skin was so pale and he had that vapid look in his eye.. he seemed to barley notice him at all, a real quiet type.. Shida relaxed a little more and pulled a cigar out of his traveling jacket, he lit it up by holding his forefinger to the tip, his favorite magic trick. He also liked it because it helped blunder out the of all the trash covering the earth. Most of the time the smell of this world made him want to puke, especially since he'd been without it up his nose for the past two days. As the smoke bellowed out of his mouth across the cratered roof of the cave entrance, towards the night sky, he looked at Ghost curiously. "So, what does Donny Darko think about all of this?" he said in a mocking tone. A rhetorical question of course, but Shida has never taken more pleasure in anything besides messing with people, it was his hobby and most pleasurable pastime. Cora walked past them and they locked eyes for a moment. He thought she made a face like her head was about to implode. When she got far enough away, he looked back at Ghost and whispered across to him, gesturing at Cora's back. "She's the kind of girl who'll tie you up and make you call her mommy, I can tell just by that look in her eye. You know what I'm talking about dont'cha?"