"You know, this much fun is easily worth being disciplined on my first day of classes!"
The barrier continued to grow and solidify further, completely blocking off Shadow's access to Hugo. Hugo's eyes had gone blank and were filled with images of scrolling sheet music, with the ghostly blue light from earlier shining down from above.
In response to the next attack, the wall of smoke shot up between Shadow and Skylar. Two abominations on the loose couldn't possibly be a good thing. The smoke wall wasn't guaranteed to hold either of them back, though.
"Hey Cindy, a bit of help here?", he shouted.