[Espy]

Tracing triangles...the result was too weak to hold off more blasts. Augh. I forgot he has two other orbs... Not bothering to answer, Espy thought about her surroundings. Hot sand had heat, and the clean air had oxygen... The fire would be weaker due to the moisture in the air, but she had to prevent the explosion of twenty-five, or maybe fifty, more needles.

She formed a triangle, pointing upwards, with her thumbs and forefingers. A spark, then a small orange flame...

Espy shot thin spidery tendrils of fire at the man, hoping to destroy the orb before its pieces turned into miniature bombs.

((Maybe I should explain some of Espy's alchemy...She always needs, in some form, to make the symbol of whatever element she's transmuting. I forgot to write it down, but she'd been tracing an upside-down triangle, for earth, with her free hand when she formed the shield. And she only can transmute two elements, and has a difficult time with anything large-scaled.))