Anyone got any good tips for fighting the spirits? *I'm not very far into the game; I've gone up 2 large flights of stairs (outside) and when I get to the roof (it's just before you can get into a railcar), 2 portals open. *No matter how long I appear to be fighting for, the spirits don't go away. *Yorda won't come down the ladder with me, so I can't avoid fighting, and it seems impossible to get from one portal to the other before the flying spirit whisks her away.

Any tips most appreciated.

[SIZE=2]The one suggestion I can give is keep near the portal where they try to take Yorda to-that way you have a lot less distance to run to go pull her out.[/SIZE]

Tried that, but when I'm at the first portal, the flying spirit just takes her to the other one. *There doesn't appear to be enough time to get from one to the other (across land) before she's swallowed up.