"I've lived here for a long time, I just wasn't afraid enough to run when the blight started." Venus replied, batting her eyelashes. "I'm a bit of a fighter. Too stubborn to move." She explained, resting her head in her hand. She stirred her own tea before taking a sip.<br/><br/>She tilted her head, furrowing her eyebrows. "You're conflicted, you wonder why you don't want to leave." She smiled, reaching her hand out to take his. "I wouldn't fight the feeling." She suggested, though her voice had an underlying threatening tone.<br/><br/>It was a couple of moments before Ester burst through the door again, rushing over to Mesaraih and grabbing his shoulder. "Don't.." She began, but was cut off by the swirling motions she felt in her mind. She brought a hand up to caress her forehead as she tried to focus on anything but falling asleep.