<span style="color: Teal"><b>"Shut up, Darion, you aren't helping."</b></span>Toi says flatly, though with a ton more force in his voice than he had ever displayed before, at the man while still focusing on Neymi, not really wrestling with her as much as remaining perfectly still with his arms locked into place.<span style="color: Teal"><b>"Now be quiet before Cypher shoots you in the face."</b></span>Was the last thing he said before returning all his attention to Neymi.<br/><br/><b>[ Persona roll to tell Darion to shut up: 2(14 under Persona) ]</b><br/><br/>Returning his attention to Neymi, he changed his tone and expression as soft as he could, speaking to her with no small amount of compassion in his voice.<b><span style="color: Teal">"I won't hurt you, Neymi. You're my friend.  I have free will, and am choosing to help you as much as I can because I choose to see you as a friend.  Please calm down."</span></b>Toi said this with compassion in his voice, but his own inner nature was seeping into it, perhaps with slightly body language or the look in his eyes, but mostly in scent for the Goz, pulling her mind away from the mental suggestions.<br/><br/><b>[ Persona Roll to Calm Neymi and Attract Her: 4(17 under Seduction Persona) ]</b><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>