[Damian]

Damian didn't bother throwing back a witty retort, instead opting to spin around her attempted grapple and bringing both of his blades across her back, leaving a pair of shallow cuts and then flipping away, landing and sending a Piercing Blade at her. When she comes around and attacks again, he redirects the fists with the flats of his blades away from himself when he isn't dodging and finds another opening, aiming to slam the hilt of his left hand sword into her nose.

[James]

James listened to Rose and stood up, approaching her. [color=Navy]"I apologize for the intrusion, but as a Paladin, I can sense inner darkness. Well, true inner darkness, such as that a dark guild member would possess. Regardless of that, digging that deep into any of another members past is a betrayal of their trust. Would you want them to do that to you?"[/color]