Oh, there's the anger, okay. If it helps, Popp's Kafrizz is definitely the stronger of the two.

"Uhhh, for about a decade?" Avan yells back as he wrenches his sword free of the crab's grasp. "Not Kafrizz, specifically, but-OOF--"

Whoops, he lost focus for long enough to get smacked by a crab claw before he could block it. Not his best showing. He could take a few more hits like that before he'd need to start worrying, but that shouldn't prove necessary, as the crab's in much worse shape than he is by now. Avan slams his blade down on it and the shell finally breaks under the force, the crab's legs giving way under it as it expires.

But there's no time to rest. The snail is still wailing inside its shell, and another crab surfaces, accompanied by a pair of water elementals this time. This isn't sustainable. In theory, the snail should run out of energy eventually, but there's no guarantee that they won't run out of energy first, to say nothing of the very real possibility of the wailing attracting another snail. It needs to be stopped. And Popp can't do it, so it's up to him.

"Popp! I need you to handle them on your own for a little while! I'll take care of the snail!"