[For his part, Ghaleon looks utterly unsurprised at the prospect of needing to fight a giant monster. A bit irritated at the timing, yes, but not surprised.

Sighing, he draws his sword.]

I suppose I shall refrain from casting any spells for the time being. All of the most effective ones are liable to catch someone aside from the anklegator in its radius, and I'm sure we would all rather avoid that.

[Not that he couldn't exclude them from taking damage, but that requires rather more time with a group this large than he'd like to take.]