"An area poison huh? Don't worry Shula, I'm assuming that is what he meant earlier about the champion. He's probably the only one allowed to take the antidote with Cercy's favor. As long as you stay where the poison tells you to stay, you should be fine." His mind immediately clicked, ready to fight as Shula started getting aggressive. And it wasn't an uncommon tactic, but he realized that this was indeed a shit situation. It almost made him laugh actually. "Didn't you ever learn to not take drinks from strangers?" Her fear ran through him, but Faelan's years of training overpowered the fear she sent through the bond, and he didn't allow it to get to him. If anything, it meant they had a reason to start killing, even more so than being in an arena surrounded by demons.<br/><br/>Pulling her off the stressed and irritated looking demon, Faelan couldn't believe he was stopping her from killing a demon. "So, Cercy only gives the antidote to her champion or what? Is that a prize for being on top? Getting to leave?" He realized now why the demon was laughing at his joke earlier. It wasn't so much of a joke, but rather how this place was ran. The better fighters brought in better crowds, making Cercy more money, meaning she'd pamper those at the top. So if the guy they were looking for wasn't dead, it meant he'd moved up while he was here. The demon even seemed to take pleasure out of the fact they were just figuring it out.<br/><br/>"That's not a bad guess there ghost, but not quite. The champion doesn't have to ask Cercy for the antidote, he IS the antidote. Now if you and your friend there are done getting a little too familiar with me, I've got drinks to serve." After brushing himself off and fixing his collar, the bartender left without another word. Faelan realized he'd never actually taken the drink, so the poison wasn't going to affect him. Convenient for him, shitty for Shula.<i>Unless the bond, </i>something in the back of his mind thought. What if the magic keeping her here would mess with him too, through the bond? That was hardly a risk he wanted to take just to get rid of her. Besides, fighting in the arena might actually be fun.