Reese leaps out of the way, just seconds before Mortar storms through the place where he once was, and grapples at a branch in the tree canopy. He conceals himself among the leaves, and converting his SAOR into physical rounds, aims his sights at the foreboding Mortar. Unseen among the leaves, he locks his sights onto his target, ready to move when necessary. Meanwhile, Clara and Cyan heard a loud thump from inside the monastery (probably Mortar when charging at Reese). They looked toward each other, then shrugged and got back to their game of Chinese checkers with a sitting Nekoluga.