Arthera [i]laughed[/i] and she not only laughed, spitting to her side as the drifter made his demands she move out of the way, she laughed directly [i]at[/I] him.

"You are a coward..." She remarked as her eyes narrowed and her vision stabilized after the attacks, a deathly chill gathered around her figure during this, pulling the air into a dry, invisible cold, "... [i]and[/i] you are weak."

A hunting blade slipped from the belt beneath her open robe and into her hand, meeting her palm with its weathered grip. Her tall figure then drew up her hands into a fighting stance and shrugged off the injury with unearthly ease; icy essence infusing her, she turned the weapon around and reversed the grip with eager readiness. Throughout this process, the blade frosted over along its edge and length, much the same way her breath was chilled to the point of visibility and her slight stains of blood instantly ceased to run. She not only [i]looked[/i] better than the blow she endured, but she too felt it and not just because of her elemental call of ice - rather it was Talionis' felling blow and his vengeful onset upon this last attacker.

Not only was he alive, he had his revenge and against one of her enemies, mercilessly at that. [i]Their[/i] enemies in all actuality, but she did not bother to correct the thought now. Instead she invested the mind to ensure these men were dead when they were finished here. All of them.

"Of course... only until he returns." She let the implication sink in, between the way she held the sinister blade to the fact she seemed utterly unscathed now and as ready as she could be to weather his attacks.

[i]"Ceria, cut the wither down."[/i] The primal's mind flashed like a bolt of mental lightning, her voice ringing in the elf's head rather than her ears. There was no time to explain or elaborate. She had to move and act like and with the new instinct she was possessed of.

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Athera manifests [i]Frozen Sanctuary[/i] as a bonus action, spending 3 of her 6 psi points to do so. She gains 20 temporary hit points.

She draws her dagger from her belt and uses the Dodge action. She will attack the Eonic Drifter with the dagger if he provokes an opportunity attack.

She then uses [i]Telepathy[/i] to send a brief message to Ceria, urging her to help eliminate their last attacker.
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