He manages a breath as she backs off a step, his mind racing through methods with which he could incapacitate her. Every single one of them involves getting in close to her claws, however.

"Really? Because I'm still finding it tedious," He quipped - talking still wasn't fighting, after all. But just as he said it he caught motion out of the corner of his eye - Howard staggering upwards. Damn. He had been hoping to draw Karis away, but as soon as she noticed...

And he couldn't exactly leave the boy here, John would be furious. Fine. One course of action then.

He whipped the candy as hard as he could at her and then ran straight for Howard. "Move! Move now!" He snapped at him as he grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him into a run.