<span style="color: #a64dff">“You may be a child but you are more wise and powerful than most, maybe... she respects you as an adult? I don’t know, but I trust Father. If he likes her then I will trust her.”</span>She shooed away some of the pups to let Relene up but one stuck by her side and nudged her hand with its nose.<span style="color: #a64dff">“I will ask her then. He is not hungry right now though so when it is time to feed I will find someone to give him fruit.”</span><br/><br/>Athena glared at her sister and the damage only grew more extreme, yet still controlled surprisingly well despite all of it. The fire and even ash blew away from the house even as the ground continued to shift fighting against Elune’s power to crush the designated area.<span style="color: #ff4dff">“You aren’t innocent, you stole and destroyed my armor. You’re holding me captive...”</span>A dagger appeared in Athena’s hand and she drove it into Vess’ ribs.<span style="color: #ff4dff"> “I will hurt you. I’ll hurt you like you’ve hurt me... and then I’ll go after Kitori.” </span>Her head burst into flames to burn Vess’ hand and sear her own flesh once again while the chasm raced towards them to drag them down into the earth. The rest of her body began to burn as she became so desperate to escape Vess’ grip she was willing to burn herself alive to do so.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>