Some time had passed as the Pride and co. waited around the big top. Soon enough, a particular lilac-haired woman walked right into the tent. Her voice, so new, sudden, and loud, jarred everyone's attention. "Caspian! You're alive! My baby's alive!"

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"Mooom!" Crispin jumped at his mother's voice and rushed straight to her. She opened her arms wide for an embrace - only for Crispin to start screaming. Yet Lady's expression remained terrifyingly calm. Her hold on her son never lightened up, despite his cries and pleas.

Only when she realized that the other guilders were all pretty much staring at her did she drop Crispin back to the ground. The young brawler writhed about and moaned in agony, some parts of his back audibly cracking with each twitch he made. "Oh, everyone! Seems like we've got quite a mess here." She examined the battlefield, the entirety of the destroyed and bloodied tent, with a smile. "I knew I could count on you! Estelle, Moira - you have my deepest thanks."

She looked to Marcus next, her smile unchanged. Her sidekick ladybug skittered from her back to her shoulder, waving its antennae as Lady spoke. "Marcus, I've received your call, and forwarded your message onto the higher-ups. Those empiric blokes should be over here shortly."

"Mom... my spleen..."

"Oh shush, honey. I told you to bring me back a prize, and you went off and got yourself kidnapped instead!" Still keeping her eyes on the other guilders, Lady kicked her fallen son over, causing him to whimper again, before she spoke further. "All of the missings had actually made their way back to the guild in one cluster, not long after Amy and Marcus left. Other than Baltimore and my son, of course. They said these two"--she kicked Crispin again while nudging her face towards Baltimore--"conjured a plan that would get them out while the others were distracted. Caspian would set fire while Baltimore helped the others escape."

Lady knelt down to her whining son, now that her explanation was over. "Pretty brave move for such a dumb little boy, wasn't it, sweetums? You tried to sacrifice your life and left me and Zookie all worried for you back at home. Aww, come here, hun..."

"Mommy please don't touch me anymore. Everything hurts."

She squeezed onto his cheeks tightly (yet again causing him to cry out) before rising back to her feet and giving a gracious bow to the guilders. "I really must thank you for keeping my son alive, especially, and coming to his aid at the perfect time. We're still waiting for more help to arrive, but if there's anything I can do for you lot in the meantime, I'd be more than happy to."