They possibly should help deal with those remaining scattered Slyphid. But there's other rebels who, after a few moments of stunned silence after the whole rocket launcher incident, have started making their way in. They're soon restraining Sylphid soldiers, and taking over dealing with the fires.

Someone else is dealing with it. Link can flop down on the grass next to Rokuro.

"If you parry your shield at the right time, you can deflect back at them," he says. It's a simple enough concept, really. It's just that the execution isn't quite so simple. He hasn't always gotten it right; especially early on, when he was still re-learning everything.