Redhawk Caldera you can make me whole again

It was an immense relief when Shrike agreed to switch the tables. He got into the position he had assigned to Eljay before and Eljay moved towards the tree where he took the exact place that Shrike had before. There he huddled, making himself smaller so that Shrike's impact would hopefully not be too painful.

He closed his eyes and called out, "Ready!" then waited with eyes tightly shut, hoping that it would all work out.