She shook her head hurriedly as he griped about the possibility of her returning even after all this.<b>"I wouldn't,"</b>she pressed.<b> "I swear on my life."</b>At the very least, she wouldn't even be coming back to<i>this</i>stretch of the forest. She continued to inch her way towards the window, trying not to glance at it too frequently lest her eyes betray her thoughts. She nearly bolted as he walked towards her, irritation sparking off him, but managed to hold her ground. At his warning, however, at the implication that she didn't have a<i>choice </i>here, something seemed to change in the sprite's posture. Even the most timid being could become aggressive when cornered, and it seemed Krynn had finally been pushed into finding her spine.<br/><br/>Before she could say anything, however, he fired off a warning shot from his wand. She flinched away with a yelp of fear, arm going up to shield her head as the kinetic blast slammed into the shelves behind her. It splintered the wood and shattered the plates and bowls stored there, sending bits of porcelain bouncing across the floor. She turned back to Tavoth, her terror finally boiling over into defensive hostility. The girl's fists clenched, the malachite scales along her arms rippling with the motion. Though her eyes never left the wand he was currently pointing at her, the quaver of fear in her voice had begun to fade, replaced by determination.<b> "If you're going to kill me," </b>she said,<b> "then just do it. Don't waste my time and yours toying with me like this."</b>Was snapping at him like that a smart idea? Not in the slightest, but Krynn wasn't exactly thinking straight at the moment. Her body was tensed with nerves, her fight-or-flight instincts on at full blast. She honestly wasn't sure if she was making it out of this alive, but one thing was certain: she wasn't going down without at least<i>some</i>kind of fight.<br/><br/>She was closer to the window now. Dim twilight shone through the glass panes, beckoning her. She couldn't lose her nerve now. A shift in her stance and a surreptitious glance towards the window was all the warning Tavoth got before she bolted for it, throwing herself shoulder-first towards the glass at a dead run. She collided with the window in a shriek of broken glass, but though her impact left a spiderweb of cracks in the glass, she simply wasn't large enough to bust through in one go. Krynn's breath was knocked out at the impact, and a stabbing pain bloomed in her shoulder as she bounced backwards, landing in a heap on the floor. She wasted no time in scrambling back to her feet, however, praying that Tavoth had been caught off-guard by the sudden escape attempt as she charged a second time. One more hit should do it. She<i>had</i>to get out of here.<br/><br/>(This one is a bit short, sorry!)