[center][color=ed145b][h2]Lily Flameheart[/h2][/color][/center]

[color=ed145b]"Hmph!"[/color] was Lily's only response to Bea's teasing, as she threw away her face from her and huffed, pink dying her cheeks a little. Once again, she poked at her weakness. She would have snarled back, if not for the fact that she actually [i]agreed[/i] with her. She was really quite ashamed of herself and her display of fear.

If only she had brought out her wings and tails, transforming into her half-dragon form, perhaps she would stand a better chance.

That's it! That's the problem! Her human form only barely used her dragon strength, so of course she would be overwhelmed by her eldritch presence! She was closer to a human than a dragon in this form.

And look at the others. They were all employing a lot more of their strength. Hinako had her ears and tails all out. Ascot had his wings. Edward... well, Edward was clearly [i]something[/i] as he was brave enough to threaten a Great One like that. Perhaps he was a Great One hunter or something like that.

She went into this school to learn to be with humans. But it seemed the people here would prefer to live like their original selves.

She made sure she made a mental note about this. When Bea would try to scare her again, she would go to her half form right away.

Her musings were halted when she heard Hinako apologizing to the girl. Quite frankly, it kinda irked her that she did. It wasn't like it was entirely their fault. She was a Great One, for God's sake, a terrible creature from the great beyond. But alas, Hinako didn't seem to know that. And her natural kitsune power, one that she didn't bother to hide, made her immune to the creature's terror. That's why she thought she was harmless.

And then Hinako pretty much went after Ascot and Edward, even bringing up their religion in the process. Lily very well knew about Christianity, and it was pretty much the reason that noble dragons had not become worshipped as gods already. Personally, she and her family never really thought of becoming gods. They were simply dragons, and that's that.

On one side, she could understand her argument. The kitsune had lived over the ages and she had saw many demis being discriminated unfairly. Lily herself had not had that kind of experience, but she had heard tales about humans being automatically hostile to them. The funny thing was that dragons never really considered themselves as "one kind" with other supernatural creatures. Dragons were dragons, fairies were fairies, dwarves were dwarves. So they never really cared about the plight of other demis. Dragons enjoyed terrorizing humans, and if the humans feared and hated them, so much better. Fear and hate translated into respect. Respect for the strong. So Lily never really had any antipathy towards humans for being suspicious towards demis. They should, for demis were stronger than them. Her philosophy when you ever lived under the oppression of others were to overthrow them with strength and show them what you got. In this, she and the old dragons shared the same view.

On the other side, Hinako never knew about the Great Ones. She didn't know their power, the danger they might bring to this world. She agreed that we shouldn't judge someone for something they hadn't done yet, but sticking into that kind of thinking so tightly was simply naivete. The best and wisest path would be to doubt someone until they had proven themselves worthy of trust.

Hinako then apologized for her brashness. Lily could understand why she got so worked up. Some of her friends were hunted just because of their race. As a loyal friend, it must be hard for her.

She then heard Ascot's reply. He pretty much said what she wanted to say. So she held her tongue, glancing at Hinako for her response.