The kick made Sabine grunt painfully and forced her face into a rictus. She shrunk to the side she was kicked. The immediate hurt was too much to object to Arinette's lies.

After a moment of sobbing in the dirt, Sabine whispered something through her teeth.

She thought about drawing Arinette closer. Close enough to blow a jet of magic into her face and freeze the water in her eyes. What little she had would be enough. She didn't. Her magic was the one thing she had. She needed to wait until she was left alone again and do something more useful. If she blinded Arinette out of spite, they would make sure it could not happen again.

"Meesei is my mother." Sabine drew her eyes up to finally meet Arinette's. "You are wrong about us. I will die before letting you kill her."