Kitori put the coffee down quickly and nodded.<span style="color: #a64dff">"Uhm... can... can I have water? I saw the lake outside, can I drink from there or is that too close to the house?"</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #b30000">"She threw herself over the railing and tried to crawl away. I think Rayne has been horribly brutalized, that girl? That girl is a waste." </span>She shrugged and lead Ophidian out of the house and into the water. Once submerged she would take him to a tiny cave near the coast of Eversong where the smell of blood and urine would fill his nose. In the cave was a small beach where Rayne was half buried in the mud with a metal bar resting across her chest.<span style="color: #b30000">"She's scared of deep water and the dark. Rayne, I brought Ophidian to you. He's going to let you speak again, but if you scream... well, I already warned you what will happen. Ophidian, be a dear and heal her." </span>She grabbed a blade that was stuck in the Elf's neck and pulled it out causing the Elf to gasp and gurgle helplessly as she began to suffocate from the hole in her neck. When she was healed she coughed up as much blood as she could but began to choke on it until Nyarien lifted the bar and let her roll onto her side. Rayne slowly looked up at Ophidian and pulled herself to him, her back broken judging by the way she struggled in the wet mud.<span style="color: #8000ff"> "I'm... I'm sorry for... not giv-giving you a chance... I'm so sorry I wasn't... the woman you lost. I'm sorry I can't be her. But I- don't want to die like this... hated by everyone." </span><span style="color: #b30000">"I don't hate you, and you won't die. I have centuries of practice. I can flay you ear to toe and keep you alive for hours." </span>Rayne looked back at Nyarien to Ophidian.<span style="color: #8000ff">"I can... I can't be your Rayne... but can I try to be a friend."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>