The Earthshaper gave a gruff laugh, and pointed at Nataly. "So, I'm guessing she'll be just like a dog too then. That you have a whistle for her and will give her a treat once you are done here. Silly book rats, no idea how the rest of the world works." The Earthshaper said pointedly, obviously with several insults prepped for Ling. 

"If you are not willing to let transgressions slide, then no point in-" 

The Earthshaper was cut off as the Fire Mage let loose a torrent of flames, her rage at being injured great fuel for the fires as other nearby buildings were catching the flames which were given no coordination other than outward from the renegades. While the Earthshaper did not seem to have much preparation for such a move, as the flames began to pull away the earth was pulled upward to form at least a fast shield as the mages began to make their way away in the added and now spreading inferno. 

Raven Hayes had already been guessing this would not go well with the demand. He had faith in the mages, but unlike the renegades they could not afford such reckless throwing about of power...which meant that if an inferno was thrown about, there wasn't going to be much to do against it. Not until they could likely regroup to have some water or fire control at this point. 

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Meanwhile, the soldier looked at Drew exasperated by being awakened and shouted at already. Shaking his head to try and get it clear of the sleepiness of it being later than he liked, the man began shouting. 

"HOLD YER DAMN HORSES! I'M NOT BURNING DOWN THE DAMN TOWN FOR WHOEVER THE HELL IS STARTING IT!" He waved at a bunch of people, who all ran off to start grabbing buckets and whatever else they could to try and contain the somewhat explosive fire as drinks continued to explode from the fires that continued to burn. As that started, he turned to look at Drew who had gotten his attention as one of the few knowing what was going on. 

"YOU! Who in blazes-" The man didn't have time to finish the thought as the inferno suddenly just seemed to double, leading to a string of curses, shouts, and pleads to the gods to please make it start raining so they could stop the disaster. "GODS DAMN IT! NEVERMIND, GET THESE DAMN FIRES UNDER CONTROL NOW! WE'LL LOSE THE ENTIRE TOWN IF WE DON'T DRAW A LINE HERE!" With that, everyone broke off now all trying to either throw dirt on the fires to choke them out, water as they could get buckets over to themselves, and just doing anything they could as they fanned out to try and make a defense against the fire from spreading to even more buildings.