"I thought they were just geese!" 'Just' geese. Oh, the higher ups at school had assured him this would be simple.

Simple, his ass.

At least the question of where the hell his familiar had gone was rapidly answered as Rounder literally tore into the center of all the chaos, hands full of...oh, shit.

"Smoke bombs, look out!" Cliff didn't really expect the geese to be cowed by them, of all things, but it was probably going to foul Orisa's aim and Rin's sight, and Cliff didn't want to be sliced, diced, and/or fricasseed in the chaos. If he could have stopped Rounder, he would have, but his familiar often had a mind of his own, and this was one of those times. The marble sphere tossed the bombs left and right with almost gleeful vigor, adding to the ruckus.

"Fraw," Cliff grunted again as he dived behind the tree, doing his best to take cover and coughing because of the smoke.