"Oh, thanks." He couldn't get too far without stopping long enough to burn out parts of the ground as he moved. The mud re-hydrated itself pretty fast, likely due to the critters chasing them through it. Majorly do not want to be near that, nope. A column of flame could probably clear several of these, but there was that regeneration issue.. whatever. He just tried to keep a decent pace, closing in on Xigbar. Not nearly as acrobatic as the other guy, but Axel was fairly fleet footed when need be.