[Damian]

Nodding and sliding the lacrima to the blood mage between the "bars" of the cage, Damian turns and walks towards James, pulling Penny with him. Once the three of them were in the same area, he stopped and looked at Penny. "The girl who came to you lied. Yes, at this Melina's behest, but Melina did not lie to you, the girl did. You also could have gone to the guild if you had suspicions, gotten help." Taking a deep breath, Damian lets out a long sigh. "I'm sorry if I'm short with you, Penny. My own job revealed that the imposter trying to drag down our guild was a Lightening God Slayer and I'm still in a slightly foul mood."

He gives her a hug and then locks eyes with her. "However, as members of Phoenix Wing, we should never be able to bring ourselves to the level of someone who has to kill to use their magic, or at least wound. The way you were talking to the blood mage? You sounded almost like her."

[James]

James couldn't believe the turn of events, especially when Damian started telling Penny off. When the pair approached him, he led them further away from this Melina girl to obey the guild master and give themselves some privacy. He listened to Damian talk to Penny and frowned, considering what he said. [i]Sure, she has to do some pretty bad things to use her magic, but...that doesn't inherently make her an evil person. I mean, I could try a Smite spell, just to check, but I might also get in trouble with every one around, especially if she ends up fried...[/i]

Sighing and shaking his head, he faces Penny. "Damian is correct in what he says. She made her choices, but she also didn't speak the words to get you here, the girl you mentioned before did. Why blame her when she likely only told the girl to get you here and that it didn't matter how?"