<div class="floatright">(http://imageshack.us/a/img855/5968/dawnjp.jpg)</div><br/>Valerie leapt from the back of the truck as they got close enough, spinning about to do a quick recon.  She didn't see any civilians in the line of fire, so the Heartwings must have gotten people clear.  Excellent.  She didn't want anyone hurt if she could help it, at least not because of these people and without doing anything wrong themselves.<br/><br/>"All right, everyone calm down!" she yelled, putting her hands out and moving to get in between the groups.  "We're going to talk this out like civilized adults before you make an even worse mess of things than you already have."  Her ears were still gently humming with the truth of Essence, so she'd know if she was lied to, even if she couldn't get her wings working to be properly intimidating.  "If neither one of you wants to stop, then you're at least going to move to a place where you won't mess things up."<br/><br/>She didn't know whether or not her reputation would precede her, especially without the glowing wings.  Still, it was worth a try to at least attempt to talk things out and see who among them wanted to try to speak without brute force.