"I doubt biting him will work," Ed remarks dryly as he transmutes an additional trough around April, connected to the one protecting the rest of the group to the fire can flow freely from the existing one and into the new one. He gives her enough of a buffer not to get burned by the fire, but it's still close enough to hopefully keep the shadows away from her. Once that's done, he also shines his flashlight on any of the shadows that try to get close to her.

Cipher Nine frowns at the swarm. "This could be problematic," he notes, not sure how to proceed.