L blinked, looking mildly surprised at being asked to help, but grabbed a fire poker himself and began to, literally, chip in. Despite his wasted appearance, he had a wiry, persistent strength which tended to intensify with necessity. Under ordinary circumstances, he definitely would have whacked Kain a good one and passed it off as a ridiculously obvious but sadly credible "mistake". Today, however, getting to Blythe was the most important thing... the ONLY important thing.