Don't bother helping her. She'll just respawn.

I'm not sure whether this should be read L>R or R>L(L<R?).

I see what you mean. It seems like it flows a bit better left to right, to me. But I can see it working both ways.

Such trickery.

It's right-to-left, definitely. The shout in the first panel is clearly supposed to be occurring at the moment she bursts out of the floor.