Soanala's eyes widened when the woman peered over the wall. But when she recognized the face and familiar flashes of green scales, her gaze quickly narrowed.<br/><br/>"<em>YOU!</em>" she hissed under her breath as she hurriedly scaled the rest of the wall. Climbing as she was, she wasn't able to avoid the pat to her head and this only fueled her irritation. "<em>Must you always get in my way?! This was supposed to be smooth! And here you are, mucking things up with your brazen</em>--"<br/><br/>She halted her furious whispers when the half-dragon's words settled on her, then focused her attentions on all the activity in the courtyard. But...why were all those cultists staring and pointing towards the entrance to their keep? She was under the impression that the entire ruckus was caused by her rival and yet...there they were with their ire focused elsewhere.<br/><br/>Before she even had time to give the odd situation much thought, they were spotted, the alarm sounded, and the battle began. One of the cultists -no doubt a commander- pointed upward before he shouted, "They're hitting us from within and outside! Quickly! Bring that scum down!" and began to relay several orders to various groups. Whatever lay inside their keep proved a threat as well and he devoted men to that just as he ordered the archers to fire their bows and the soldiers to bring their out and follow.<br/><br/>The first volley of arrows found no purchase on her body as she was already fast in motion and soaring several times her height in the air after a great leap. It was during this inhuman ascent that an elegant and graceful spear bloodlessly shot out of her palm and into her hands. Its large and heavy shining blade -not unlike the fin of a great dragon- impaled the partner of the knifed archer on her descent and before she could hit the ground, she shifted grips and used her momentum to vault over him and fling him into the crowd below.<br/><br/>The feat was followed by split-second of concentration used to fired off a flash of silvery light from her body and in that instant, she granted herself and her annoying rival a blessing of skin and scales so resilient as to be made of iron.