Ras shook his head and happily accepted the cup of coffee. "Thanks. No, Syrenka lives with them because Ophidian and Sarevess don't get along and Sarevess doesn't have a home, she lives with Nyaka and her friend Sellendra." He took a sip of his coffee and frowned a bit. "This tastes awful, but coffee is coffee when you've been up all night I suppose. I'm not going to tell you that you can't like her Amber, if you and Sarevess want to be friends that's more than okay, I'm just very mad at Sarevess and want nothing to do with her."<br/><br/>Karren summoned Ophidian's battle axe and held it next to the icy spear she had created.<span style="color: Orange"> "Oh the possibilities... Weapons are fun to make, even more fun to use. Humans make such low quality weapons though." </span>Karren's eyes slowly turned pitch black as her demonic side took control. Three bandits were ripped from the forest by tendrils of corrupted energy, one of the bandits dead before he even hit the ground and the other two dazed and terrified.<span style="color: Orange"> "These are the kinds of people that will be trying to steal from you Kitori, these people are worth nothing. But they can be taught fear... killed without empathy."</span>The dead bandit was frozen solid then launched south toward Duskwood as the other two just stared on in horror.<span style="color: Orange">"These two, and their infant are under our protection. If you're wise and value your life, you'll warn the others of your kind to stay far, far away from this house."</span>The two bandits nodded quickly and Kitori barely had time to cover Syrenka with her robes before one of the bandits was ripped in two by the tendrils.<span style="color: Orange"> "Let this be a warning to all who would interfere with the lives of my friends. Now flee, mortal, before you meet a similar fate."</span>The one surviving bandit quickly scurried to his feet and disappeared into the shadows of the forest.<span style="color: Orange">"Humans, such a pathetic race..." </span>The demon turned back to Ophidian and Kitori, a dark gleam in her eyes.<span style="color: Orange"> "I'll set up wards around the house, you'll be alerted to anyone's presence before they even see your house."</span><span style="color: DarkRed">"I... think you should leave, now."</span><br/><br/>Astiria smiled and leaned against the doorway as she looked down at the child in her arms.<span style="color: Magenta">"Can't hurt to try, and even if nothing happens look at it this way, you can tell all your friends you fucked a Naga."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>