The beams were weakening. Twice, Zatanna had to duck to avoid getting struck on the head. And to make matters worse, she could see a few kedan heading for her. Trying to find the exit.

"This way!" Another gust of wind temporarily cleared the way for the first ones to make it out. The next few simply followed. "Hurry! The whole place is collapsing!"

...significantly sooner than she expected; bits of the roof were seconds away from collapsing when she noticed. It would have blocked the entire front room. Instinctively, the young magician held her hands up and called out a shielding spell. The weight of the entire room above was suddenly on her shoulders. Well...magically speaking, of course.

"I can't keep this up forever, you know!" She called out to whoever was still listening. There had to be somebody else; she could hear him complaining in the other room as well.