Ophidian followed Nyarien into the water and likewise exhaled the air as he swam through the crystal clear waters.<span style="color: #ff8000"> "yes it does, i lived from the sea for ten years before i found this island... it's just big enough to live on but small enough that no government is interested in it. the first time i came here i had to uproot a Murloc clan. it was a pleasant surprise finding none here this time."</span><br/><br/>Rachel turned her chair to face him and shook her head.<span style="color: #0000ff"> "it's not an exaggeration, it was a lie. yes, Order stripped Karrie of her powers, but she didn't enslave her. she figured if Karrie couldn't run away or fight back i could make her stop hurting me. i woke up to a long winded rant implanted in my mind and then i found Karrie in the kitchen with her wrists slashed but there was no collar on her."</span>she shook her head and shrugged despite her tears.<span style="color: #0000ff"> "and? it's too little too late... she hasn't stopped hurting me since the day i killed those Loa. for two years she has done everything in her power to hurt me and i can't take it anymore."</span>she looked into his eyes and shook her head.<span style="color: #0000ff">"i wanted that too... she put such hopes and dreams into my mind... i dreamt of our wedding and my merciful god giving me his daughter. i dreamt of presenting you with grandchildren... but she has destroyed all of it. i could never trust her enough to marry her and i would kill our children in their sleep before i let her hurt them the way she has hurt me. this has nothing to do with trusting you or The'kal because i do trust you. i do not trust myself. i am slipping back into darkness and Karrie is pushing me into it... it has to stop."</span>she looked at Karrie for a moment before she looked back at Ras and shook her head.<span style="color: #0000ff">"no. it's over. i know she loves me and i know i still love her too but she is poison... i love someone who is killing me and i have to let go."</span><span style="color: #ffff00">"technically, yes, i could do that but i won't. i would have to amputate most of her soul... it would kill her spirit, her spark of life would fade to a dim candle. she would take Karrie back but only because she didn't care enough to argue. she would go through the motions of life so long as Karrie or Ana nudged her to it but if they left her on her own she would sit in a dark room and die of dehydration because there wouldn't be enough of her left to care about her most basic needs." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>