"Nah, 'm fine. It'd take more than that, even without my earth powers." Which was entirely truthful. "How about you, you okay?"

Cliff straightened a little and yelled at his familiar, even as Rounder zipped through the golem's legs again, it turned to try to keep an eye on him, and started to topple over. When it set its oiled foot down, that seemed to be the end of it, as it did an almost Stooge-like exaggerated fall and landed on its back.

"Be careful!" But he couldn't help but hiss a "Yessss!" under his breath as the golem went down, pumping a fist in the air.