<span style="color: #0040FF">Delancey cut down another mage before being knocked over by a bloody Seiria. Her pale blue eyes were lit with a mad hunger. Seeing the last mage still up and going, he made a move to get up, but was pressed into the ground like a squished bug. As far as he could tell, no one was on top of him. except maybe Seiria. He would have been happy if they weren't in the middle of a fight. Make that a lot happier.<br/>A sleepiness settled over him with a power so strong, he knew it wasn't from himself. Delancey tried in vain to fight it, but had almost failed when he saw Reed. Her body was limp and her skin held a deathly pallor. His eyes snapped towards the last mage who had undoubtedly caused her to be in such a state. Resisting the will to pass out with rage, he strode up to the mage before it changed. </span><br/><br/><span style="color: #FFFF00"><span style="font-style: italic">Her body hung before her, drooping and almost translucent in its whiteness. Everything seemed unimportant, as if everything was going to be fine. Seiria would be able to control her hunger, Delancey could leave without fighting, and the servial's leg would heal perfectly... Turning to survey the battle, her mind reeled with shock.<br/>They weren't there. The forest was still and quiet, laden with an unnerving serenity. Not a bird twittered, not a branch swayed.</span></span><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">See what useless fighting breeds?</span><span style="color: #FFFF00"><span style="font-style: italic">Rotating towards the sound of the voice, Reed beheld a figure in a gold as radiant as the sun. Something was familiar about him, but what?</span></span><span style="color: #FFBF00">We could stop the fighting, together. All you have to do, is let me in...</span><span style="color: #FFFF00"><span style="font-style: italic">Its voice was melodious, almost what a parent would use to lull a child to sleep with a lullaby. She almost acquiesced, but Reed mentally shook herself. Abominations would do this constantly, she would know.<br/>"After what you did to my friend? You expect me to welcome you into my mind so you can twist it to your personal desire, then cast me off like a forsaken toy? NEVER!"</span><br/>Then, she awoke.</span>