"Logically, she cannot. It was a rash and foolhardy decision, under the pretense that she would have Tane's more powerful sister as a replacement. I sensed regret in her, but as you can see, that didn't stop it." Xelos replied, tapping his trident against the ground in thought. "Anette has great power, but her childish view of things holds her back." the virus mused, looking towards the sky. "As it does us. This conflict could be over so quickly..." Xelos added, scraping a single virus particle off the tip of one finger and letting it fall onto a small shrub at his feet, the plant withering away into a mutated, lifeless husk in seconds as it was infected and consumed from within. "...were it not for her preferred way of doing things." the virus finished, watching Zerish leave to treat his comrade, bolts of energy still crackling here and there around the crater of Xelos' last attack.