At the motion of Joel, Eragon appeared behind him with his sword at his throat. "He made a poor decision as do well all from time to time...the real crime would be to not have him redeem himself." Eragon didn't like his odds in case of a fight, he mentally added somemore wards and renewed some that had been depleted. Close as a fight may be Eragon had only a little energy in the saphire but Aren was off limits for now. If only he had Saphira with him, she was always getting him out of situations like this.