<span style="font-style: italic">Alais</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">â€œEveryone! Get out of Sansura now!!!â€ </span>Zaneâ€™s voice carried even over the clashing of the battle, the crackle of the flames, weaker now.  The familiarity of the situation was frighteningâ€¦a battle being waged before her, death stalking the field.  The smell of blood swept her into the past, the stench of burning all to reminiscent of her darkest past.  Sheathing her blade decisively, she fought the urge to remain, to keep fighting until every enemy was extinguished, as she would have done back then, as her instincts commanded her to do now.  It was one of the hardest things for her to do- to stop fighting.  Closing her eyes, she let the darkness swallow her for a moment, disappearing, though it was doubtful anyone would notice her disappearance.<br/><br/>Where should I go?  Indecisive, Alais appeared next to Zane, near a woman whom she didnâ€™t recognize.  She was there in time to catch the tail end of the other womanâ€™s remark- â€œâ€¦<span style="font-style: italic">permission for the level of destruction you are going to cause?" </span>Alais almost laughed, despite the severity of the situation.<br/><br/>â€œIt is pretty much a given that Zane is going to destroy most of whatâ€™s around him in a fight.â€  Facing halfway away from Zane, she hesitated, on the verge of leaving.  Would it be better to just leave?  She should have just left.  But she couldnâ€™t do that now, not after seeing him like that.  Taking a deep breath, she steeled herself.  â€œCome, we should go.â€  Remembering that the other woman didnâ€™t know her, she winced internally, wondering if the other would even listen, or if she woud attack, not an unexpected reaction, considering that there were reapers as their enemies.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><br/>Liliane</span><br/><br/>It was a lot to take in.  Liliane let it all soak in, resolving to have a long talk with her mom when she saw her next.  The thought of her mom made her homesick, washing her over with sadness.  Was she fighting right now?  Surely not, she must have left the moment Liliane was gone.  Liliane was jolted out of her thoughts by another person coming up.  She smiled at the boy, adding, after the twins finished, â€œIâ€™m Liliane.  I just got here.  Sophi and Abi have been telling me about the war.  Do you go to school here, too?â€