That faint warping of light around Ianthe's silhouette reappeared; strengthened; and then<i>shattered</i>into countless quick-fading prismatic splinters as the girl doubled over and a low, anguished moan crawled from her lips. Still hunched over and fighting through agony, she aimed a glare at Neymi's retreating back and spat blood from her mouth before quipping, raggedly,<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"It's all fun and games until somebody unleashes a psychic scream."</span>Though her defenses had protected her from the worst of Neymi's psionic outburst and her healing gene-mod had already begun to repair the damage that slipped through, neither was any salve at all for the persistent, excruciating fire that the howl had left lingering in her nerves.<br/><br/>She sank to her knees; the floor was soothingly cool, and her muscles protested against the effort of trying to stay standing. Her glare followed Anisa's retreat for a few moments, and then she exhaled sharply and started to shake her head before thinking better of it. Even simple movement was misery, right now. So she stared angrily at Toi and Darion instead.<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"Again,"</span>she argued, more insistently if quietly so as to avoid further afflicting tortured eardrums.<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"I have <i>never</i> seen this kind of thing bring me closer to a payday. It needs to stop, <i>yesterday</i>. Both of you need to figure out a way to work together, and you'll also need to apologize to Neymi for provoking that freak-out. And we'll need a need a new pilot, too, since I doubt Anisa's coming back after that."</span><br/><br/>She paused to bring up a hand to catch a drop of blood that had trickled from her right ear.<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"<i>Fuck</i> that hurts,"</span>she mumbled, then continued,<span style="color: mediumturquoise">"The alternative is a Goz ragemonster tech and an unemployed assassin who both blame you for the sad state of their credit balances."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>