<span style="color: purple">"She needs a good beating after the stunt she pulled with Nalo, but you know as well as I do that's not what I'd do to her."</span>Vyre's expression was empty as she fought with Shauna, the burning drawing out another growl as she lowered her guard to pull it free.<span style="color: purple"> "Focus!" </span>She side stepped the hammer and hit Shauna in the back with her trident again, further damaging the paladin's armor.<span style="color: purple">"Your zealotry is your weakness."</span>She slapped Shauna and stepped back.<span style="color: purple">"If you want to bring me down you have to focus. We're both fighting for Ibara, we both love Ibara, and we have both failed her in the past. You can't kill me and I don't want to kill you."</span>After a moment she swung the trident with crushing force and knocked Shauna into the wall.<span style="color: purple">"It's funny, this is like our first time meeting. Me against twelve High Priestesses, all fighting for Ibara. I do love her, and it's my love for her that's caused this mess but I can't leave her. I won't leave her. Which means either you stand down willingly and give me the chance to make things right or I make you stand down and put a collar on you."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>