Shaidra faltered mid-swing. Her smokey claw shrinking, barely enough to harm Alvios, although it did hit its target, rending through his outer layer of defense briefly before fading. Alvios' blade did pass through her moments earlier, but in the last second, as it left the side of her torso, a small spurt of blood flew outwards, and she stopped in midair, poofing out of sight. He phasing stopped for a moment. It might have been unclear, but there was a very obvious pang of fear that exerted through her expression in the moments before she disappeared. Unfortunately, the injury she'd just received had been glancing at best, but for the moment, Alvios had freed himself of her presence.

	[color=00aeef]"She doesn't often act that way around people,"[/color] Another voice began to close in from all around. Nexus' form clearly faded into view, a few feet in front of Alvios, just moments after he spoke. [color=00aeef]"Shaidra is very scared of you."[/color]