"dad, Amere is happy and she loves you, i think in her mind your already married and she just wants to have a party."<br/><br/>Ophidian rolled his eyes and teleported them to a well furnished sitting room of sorts and Karrie would find herself seated on a couch. "<span style="color: #ff8000">see, that's the thing, you don't listen, you talk and i listen. you have to talk about the things that are haunting you... they won't go away but their power over you will be greatly diminished."</span>he sighed softly and looked at her.<span style="color: #ff8000">"i went through this Karrie... i was captured int he war against Ragnaros. they recognized the power Elune had given me and they wanted to turn me to their side. look at me."</span>when she did he had changed, large swathes of his scales had been peeled off and arcane symbols branded onto his bare skin and he had two magical spikes sticking out of his skull.<span style="color: #ff8000">"they descaled me, tortured me, branded me and then tried to rape my mind... of course this was after the destruction of the mansion, it took Rayne and Zelina weeks to track down Ras and Nyaka and tell them what was happening. they came to get me. and i spent years bottling it up until my father had had enough of my stupidity and he got the family together and they made me talk about it. it helped, and it didn't stop there, they really didn't leave me alone about it for five years and even then whenever they saw me they asked me how i was doing with it."</span>he sighed softly and shook his head.<span style="color: #ff8000">"until you talk about it those pirates will continue to beat, rape and torture you every day of your life..."</span><br/><br/>Rachel listened and held Ana close and shook her head.<span style="color: #0000ff">"how long were you in love with me back at the temple? and why were you in love with me? i was the cold sentinel of the city, i rarely even spoke to anyone."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>