Use the Elements, they were saying. Or, possibly, singing.

Fine. Great. Sensible.
The original ponies would know this stuff, after all.

The problem with this idea? It was a bit hard for Kanji to focus on trying to activate something he knew absolutely nothing about when he was hitting the deck, diving forward as fast as he could in an attempt to evade his own personal Nightmare's fire.

(Remembering slamming into the dirt with a Timberwolf on his back for Aqua's sake, not so long ago.

Remembering every time, back home, that he'd fought with his friends alongside him - every time he'd fallen, but it'd been for a reason... these weren't the friends he knew, true, but he wasn't going to fight with any less of his strength just because of that.
They were relying on him, too.)