Dorian has never seen anything resembling a robot before, so he's having the experience that they're being attacked by some kind of homicidal golem, which is ...no less annoying than being attacked by anything else giant and homicidal. Like Max he misses the blue light, having been in her general vicinity at the time, which is good because he is without magic just a dude with a great mustache.

As things are he both overhears the tail end of this tree-luring business, and witnesses Max do. That thing, that she just did, which he's only known one mage to be able to do, and she was one of the most powerful he'd ever met. He will just have to get all heart eyes over that when there's not an inexplicably ill-tempered slab of scariness trying to smash everything, however.

His initial aim was to cast Barrier on Max, since she's closest to him and had a destination and all, but then there are lasers and it is really hard to be a guy from pseudo medieval Europe right now let Dorian tell you. He at least can easily grasp that whatever that is it equals nothing good, and so flings out an arm instinctively; anyone who might be within his immediate vicinity will find themselves shielded from most damage for around thirty seconds, though it makes the power level on Dorian's suit drop distressingly low, and that's before he notices the life sustaining part of it trickling away.

"Try not to die as you go, please," is the helpful advice he provides, while ....you know, running.