-!! [He avoids that swing with ease, and then grabs onto it before the scarecrow pulls it back.]

Hey now, it's rude to strike a lady. [He roughly throws back the pitchfork at the scarecrow and puts himself between Maya and them.] You got show them whose boss! Can't do that when you're running around like a headless chicken.

[The scarecrows all stop their attack to presumably assess the new arrival. Dhurke didn't look the least bit intimidated by them, and they seem to sense that.]