Galinda cried out in shock as she suddenly had ice being thrown at her, the cold shards cutting her skin and causing her to bleed.Thor had warned her, of course. Told her that Elphie might attack her and that doing so would only hurt the green skinned witch more. But Galinda had been naive to assume that she would be able to break through the haze of Elphie's pain before it got to this point. She hadn't realized how deep Elphie was in... She should have, burning that poor girl and seeming to be willing to kill the girl Galinda had set free. But she still had held onto the faith that Elphie wouldn't hurt her. That she'd be able to reason with her.
Even if she had offensive spells, Galinda wouldn't use them. She protected.... She should call for Thor. Put herself in a bubble and let the Thunder God help. To get Elphie somewhere that she couldn't hurt anyone but could be reasoned with. Where she could be helped. These were the things Galinda should have done, but that didn't make them the things she did. No. She was going to put up with it. Because she was Galinda.
It hurt. It hurt a lot but she wasn't going to falter. So once again, despite the constant barrage of ice shards, Galinda moved towards Elphie and just hugged her tightly.
"You don't have to be alone, Elphie. I'm right beside you."