[Action] burninatin' all the peasants...
Ryu, enow! [Fou-Lu watches the energy building, knowing his other half's elemental affiliations. This will hurt, but he doesn't exactly have a lot of choice--he can't fight Ryu properly while shielding Mami, and he can't run away with her and condemn anyone else he happens to find.]
[He carefully picks Mami up in the crook of his forearm and turns his back on Ryu, deactivating his wings and bracing himself.]