Somewhere at the end of a universe, there is a bar.
In this bar is a pretty brunette staring intently at a laptop, humming idly to herself and occasionally scribbling on an attached tablet.
Oh. Those. Okay he can deal with those. His flesh golem can go tackle it and he can pull on it using spectral hands from his staff.
Yeah, that turns out to be a bad idea. Aestrix feels a bit bad about not warning about this beforehand, but: this is a reflective shield, not a defensive shield. Does he like feeling the results of his own magic? Because that is what he's going to experience. His golem too, though that just experiences the unpleasant kinetic reversal of getting its tackle reflected right back at it.
...well what happens is a very dizzying effect where James is pulled towards himself and ends up falling onto his arse.
Yeah how about no. James has a flesh golem tackling the dog thing for its trouble.
Abomination thing immediately regrets this decision!
In other news, looks like the Awakened forces are onto something happening here. The door to Joko's Bone Palace begins to slowly shut. Fortunately for Vlast and James, it was built for sturdiness against prolonged siege, not for being the sort of thing that can quickly slam shut. There are a few Awakened between them and the door.