<span style="color: #00FF00">Valehna swung her staff in an endless chain of arcs. Corrosive bolts of nature damage flew from it towards the rock wraith Tal had kicked, melting away at the stone. It seemed to want to charge at Tal for a second, but in light of Valehna's endless barrage it turned back towards her and ran her way. She continued to launch the bolts of green magic at it, and before it reached her it had sizzled into  puddle of ooze on the ground.<br/><br/>There were two others left, one charging at Tal and the other towards her. She raised a wall of stone, and the rock wraith charged through it but lost its footing on the way. She created a small earthquake on its downed figure, and the same thing that she had done to the statue began to happen to the wraith. It tried to claw its way out of the earthquake, but the stone swallowed and rendered it asunder.<br/><br/>She turned back to see how Tal was faring, but the exertion of energy caught up to her and she felt her mind swirl into darkness as her legs gave way and she tasted smooth stone underneath her.</span><br/><br/>Mesaraih stopped short when he felt Ester's arm grab him. He turned around to face her, his movements slow and deliberate. She thanked him and he heard her voice as if through an echo. His eyes were fixed on hers, which seemed unable to meet his, choosing instead to look around at everything else.<br/><br/>A half smile worked its way onto Mesaraih's lips when she continued to speak. He looked at the ground for a couple of seconds before glancing up to see her face again. She was smiling, and Mesaraih allowed himself to smile back.<br/><br/>"Least I could do," he said, with a near inaudible chuckle. "Just because you're stuck with people you don't like doesn't mean they deserve to know your secrets. And you've helped me. I owe you."<br/><br/>He paused for a second. "I've also grown to like having you around. A bit. Sometimes."