Chromite rushed over and put herself between Amber and Mars and thrust her arms out, forcing them away from each other.  She turned to Mars and said [color=darkgray]"That was an awfully cheap shot just now, and it seems like you could have made much better use of it if you'd actually intended to hurt him.  Shall I assume you're new at this?  Either way, while nothing either of you do is really my concern, you're about to start a destructive conflict just near a  fragile gem and a human I'm sworn to protect, and said gem wanted to have a word with the one you just tried to kill.[/color]