<span style="color: #ff4dff">"You will do no such thing. I will go on my own and find a family I can be with safely, a family that won't send monsters after me, a family that won't threaten to torture me. And if I can't find that I will simply kill myself. But that's a lie and we all know it, you were so quick to prepare yourself to kill me. I can see it in your eyes, you're just like your father so here, a deal is a deal." </span>She turned towards the house and pointed to the far corner before a massive boulder was ripped from the earth and flung through it. When the dust settled light could be seen reflecting off Vyre's telltale armor as it protected her from the blast.<span style="color: #ff4dff"> "And know that I would never harm an innocent, Relene. I am a broken and unlovable waste of a life. But I would give up everything to protect those who cannot protect themselves." </span>If Relene was still paying attention to Athena she would sense how genuine her words and emotions were.<span style="color: #ff4dff">"I wish I could stay here, Relene. But Kitori and the dryad and now Vess... I can't be at peace here. They will torture me and abuse me, and when that happens my powers will harm your elements whether I want them to or not." </span>She looked at Kitori who was on her hands and knees healing herself then turned to walk away.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>