Ras looked down at Amere with a frown but the frown quickly turned to a snarl as the Elf appeared. "You have thirty seconds to give me a reason not to pull you inside out for showing your face again, let alone this." He moved Amere off his lap and folded his arms. "I killed your past self and you're still alive, that tells me there's more than one time line. I'm not a smart man but I can put two and two together. How about you don't mess with my family any more than you have, and I work with Relene to sort things out with Amere. I was careful to censor myself when I was talking to Amber, and Amere is forgiving and willing to listen... then again since when do people as powerful as us ever go to others and ask for their permission? Sure I could kill you here and now, break your spell, and go on forgetting I ever met you, but I'll humor you for now. Just know that your life now depends on how this plays out."<br/><br/>Shella shook her head quickly as she was pulled back, shadows tinting her robes purple and flickering from under them.<span style="color: purple">"What... what I think of them?"</span>She slowly looked back up at all Rachel, her face streaked with purple lines, then looked around at the people around her, many of them gasping and backing away.<span style="color: purple"> "They... dirty, animals...whores... so impure... but... They're my people, they're flawed, imperfect, but I love them, I love all of them, I love the flaws..." </span>She slowly started to right herself as shadowy wings appeared at her back and she became consumed in shadows, distorting her figure completely drawing several shocked gasps.<span style="color: purple">"Yes, I hate everyone in the temple, lesser, pitiful creatures, unworthy of calling themselves Blood Elves... they insult my kind. Yesss... Ibara, and the others of her kind, filthy, disgusting creatures..."</span>She shuddered violently and pulled her hood back over her eyes.<span style="color: purple">"I'm guilty of nothing but doing what I had to to protect the city, if you knew what I knew, felt what I felt... These mortals, both in and outside the temple, I love and hate them all, but I will die to protect them." </span>The skeletal hands were vaporized and the shadow priestess placed one hand on Rachel's forehead, flooding the Death Knight's mind with the shattered and twisted thoughts and memories that shredded Shella's mind.<span style="color: purple">"Would you keep someone in service with a mind like this, thoughts like these?" </span>She pushed Rachel back and folded her arms.<span style="color: purple">"This... The Shadow is going to kill me, destroy my mind, destroy my body, I have no legacy... I'll be forgotten eventually. Let me continue my duties if they will, I have nothing else to hide, no home, and you'll likely tear down the dungeon. I will stand trial, I will let you animals unfairly judge me, but I will continue serving these people-- my people and if you want to stop me you'd better kill me here and now and face the backlash."</span><br/><br/>Elerona bit her lip and while she wanted to argue she was unable to.<span style="color: Indigo">"Yes Mistress, would you like me to accompany you?"</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>