Eva only registered the woman's words as she was pushed away before having crumbled to the ground. She stayed there, staring at her hands. It was true. Jasper was so much more fucked by this than she was herself. She could go on and pretend the mark was just from a battle like Jasper had mentioned. Her village was too ignorant to realize what the mark meant. It didn't mean other tribes--like the Orcs--were just as blind, though. The rage that filled her was just the knowledge that she was too weak to defend herself against her sworn enemy. That dragon could have done all she wanted if Jasper's humanity hadn't kicked in when it did and that thought scared Eva. She wasn't used to being so helpless, but it seemed to happen time and time again around this dragon rider.<br/><br/><b><i>"The book clearly lied Eva!"</i></b>The islander flinched softly at the words and was left wondering just how much more of the book she'd been clinging to for the last week was all false. Jasper continued in her tirade and as Eva listened, her feelings of rage slowly subsided to sadness once more. But this time it was a sadness for Jasper. For the person who'd been so keen to protect her through all of this, even trying to lock herself down to keep her and everyone else unharmed. An individual, despite the dragon blood, who was still self-sacrificing and was now being burned for something she had no control over. Eva's eyes finally rose to the woman just before she bit off the last part of her sentence in what sounded like disgust, but not for the islander, rather for herself. Eva frowned softly. It wasn't like that at all. At least, she hadn't thought it was. Her emotions were still a mess and she was even more confused than ever. As she watched the dragon rider walk away, there was a mixture of panic and rage that filled her. All she knew was that she didn't want Jasper leaving.<br/><br/>Immediately, as the dragon tried leaving, the islander chased after her and jumped on her back, attempting to talk her to the ground, but knowing she'd likely fail. She gripped around Jasper's through instead and hung on.<b>"Ya dun git ta jus' LEAVE like dat! Ahn apology won't fix what happened!!"</b>No, that wasn't what she wanted to say. What was it she really needed to say? Her grip on the woman tightened, but she knew she was doing little damage to her tough traveling companion.<b>"Ya can't leave, Jaspah..."</b>