First a bit of Hoots and soldiers time! They are fun. Actually there's gonna be a lot of fun things in between the tension from here on out.
Look who it is! Friend shaped Problem xD I absolutely adore the last panel.
Yes. We are splitting up. ???? This is fine!
Now we got the Hootsforce (not manuverable) sandwiched between the Remnant creeping closer and these mystery non-wizards boarding the ship. Fun is about to begin x)
Hoots will come in as a translator on the next page, so nobody needs to go Teshvo hunting... but it is in the dictionary! xD
There IS a very tine Hootsforce for scale. And even that is arguably still too large. x)
Images taken 5 seconds before the plot hits. Nothing to worry about X) (also entering heavy \"Heart of Fire\" reference territory.)
Yeah no this is fine. He is fine (debatable).
(However - actually not quite the inciting incident. Yet.)