<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207202.msg10271143#msg10271143">Quote from: Aiden on 18-07-2014, 05:23:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I thought Erza was gonna take his loss like a man. Malcolm was a cop out.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>It was needed for more character development, because it eventually opens up more IC interactions between them. He did take his loss like a man, Malcolm was just a plot device for a small revelation Avery needed to hear that would facilitate future encounters.<br/><br/>Woah, big words.