"I really don't want to kill them." Lilliana sighed.  "They've been fun, and they managed to stay alive and alert longer than anything else we have had here."<br/><br/>"I don't want to kill them either, but it's them or us." Sophia explained, although it didn't look as though she were being earnest or even trying to tell the truth.  "Perhaps if we stripped them of their powers somehow... Then they would be moretal and of little threat."<br/><br/>"But then they wouldn't be fun any longer and we'd just kill them anyway, right?"  Lilliana was busying herself with Athren's waist, rolling her fingers and looking at him while she spoke.<br/><br/>"Perhaps, perhaps not.  There is only one way to find out... Let's take them outside first.  We'll establish a circle and try a few things." The wheels were almost visabley turning in Sophia's head.  "If nothing comes about at the end of the day, we'll kill them."<br/><br/>"May I finish here first?" Lilliana snapped.  "I haven't even began."<br/><br/>"Fine, but make it quick and hard, tire them both out a little more."  Sophia smiled, taking Jolta by the waist as well, but releasing him after a firm grasp, teasing his already tortured and stiff form.