Sabine remained sitting down. Her face remained hard against Meesei's outburst, though she was still terrified inside. Meesei was acting so out of character that she was put on edge. It was enough that her reflexes kicked in when Meesei took a swing at her face. She threw up her arms and cringed her chin down, deflecting most of the blow, but still receiving scratches over her head. The start of a ward glowed in her hand before quickly fading out as she was shocked still.

Nothing sounded but Sabine's shallow breathing. She slowly lifted her head to look at Meesei with her face a red rictus of fear and despair. One high pitched, creaky word came from her mouth, barely audible. [i]"Why?"[/i]

Before Meesei could so much as respond, Sabine began to hyperventilate in panic. She edged away, scrambled over to the edge of her seat on the bed, and ran for the door.

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While Fendros kept his smile. He, too, lowered his brow in confusion. He shook his head to try and respond to the matter of whether she viewed death trivially, but she kept going. The straight question came with a straight enough answer, once Fendros thought about it for a second.

"Just some mercy, that's all," He said simply. "If that is something I am wrong about, if it's something you do and I haven't seen it, I am willing to admit that I'm wrong."