Clara's eyes closed when he had held her closer and rested his head on her back. She could feel his tears on her skin making her own eyes start to water but she refused to cry again. She wanted to be nothing but strong for him now that she was safe in his arms. She kept shushing him soothingly after his apologies rained down through their link. She was just so glad that he had gotten to her before the man had... She would not let herself think on that anymore.<br/><br/>She had been conccentrating so hard on calming Artimer that she had not noticed the approaching mage until she heard him shout, "Oof, Damn it dragon!" Clara turned her head to see the newcomer pinned under Artimers tail. He soon put her down but she remained close to him since she was still feeling cautious about being around another man. Artimer kept his wing over her and by the way she was standing by his leg the mage would not be able to see her state of undress.<br/><br/>She could feel the tension return to Artimer and knew he was close again to that dark rage from earlier so she rested her hands lightly on his shoulder to keep him calm. "One wrong move, dirt bag and you'll wish you had never been born."  She let him send out his warning to the mage without much of a warning this time since she knew he wanted an enemy to kill for what the shadow man had tried to do. This mage had taken the chance from him but she gently reminded him that he had helped them.<br/><br/>"Dragon, I'm just tryin' ta help ya." The man sounded like the lower servants she had seen in the castle and wondered how he knew any magic if he was not taught how to speak properly, "Art you are goining to squeeze the lifeout of him if you keeping pressing on him like that." She said quietly when she noticed that Artimer had been slowly squishing the man into the ground, "Let him at least explain himself."