Book-worm well knew to stay a distance away, especially from a paladin. They stuck to that very strategy although made certain to not be distracted themselves. 

They were a bit too far to do much more but send the barrage of blasts toward the paladin to be effective. On the otherhand, the distance would make it rather unlikely to be attack by the paladin without him leaving an opening to be backstabbed.

The nlaste continued but the intensity of emotion behind them calmed