[color=FFFF00]B e l l e  D ' V o i r e[/color]
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This was a [i]lot[/i] of information, and Belle felt like she'd been lead astray by Jonas, coaxed into hidden trials and secret challenges, tests of character and skill that she was at an innate disadvantage for. She felt somehow used, manipulated - [i]why bother with several weeks of fake curriculum?[/i] - but she remembered the dance, and how utterly outmatched they had been - Jonas himself only just fighting off their attacker. If this man desired power, and could drain it from their very bodies...there was very little they could do to defend themselves alone. But together, trained and co-ordinated and tactical, they may stand a chance.

[i][color=gray]“Exactly. What’s in all of this for you? Surely you have some better reason than simply being a part of some humanitarian organization? Because frankly, I have a hard time believing that you’re just some do-gooder, so what do you get out of all of this?”[/color][/i]

[color=FFFF00]"Protection. It's protection, isn't it? You can't force him to leave the city by yourself, especially when he's backed up by those beasts - so you gather us, train us, make us stronger, more in control of our abilities, and then we help defend you as a byproduct of defending ourselves."[/color] Belle focused on Jonas, a quizzical and accusing eyebrow arching up at him. [color=FFFF00]"But that can't just be it, that's too simple. There wouldn't be such a...[i]charade[/i], otherwise. It's got to be bigger than that - this... 'Draoi' has a practical army. We're caught up in something bigger than all of us, aren't we? Wrong time, wrong place? What [i]exactly[/i] do you plan onpreparing us for, Mr Lehrer?"[/color]