The desk shattered into thousands of shards and burst into flames. Jenso's mother jumped backwards and took several steps away, taking shelter behind one of the many pieces of ornate furniture in the room. Yzeira stood still, allowing his barrier to intercept anything that flew his way. As the papers on the desk scattered and burst into flames, he sighed.

	[color=ed1c24]"Under what pretence do you assume any chance of victory against me?"[/color] He stood up and began to build energy within his body, pushing the chair behind him aside. [color=ed1c24]"Adarine's death was a misfortune, and an occurrence of utter [i]chance.[/i] Compared to the rest of my family, she was no more than a trickster disguising her weakness behind gambits and giddy quips. Please, enlighten me. Tell me exactly how you plan to win?"[/color] Yzeira huffed, and three orbs of energy emerged from his torso, floating around his body slowly. [color=ed1c24]"I have a [i]Lok'Sha[/i] capable of shattering the fabric of space time with his [i]very fists,[/i] a man who can manipulate [i]time[/i] and inflict logically impossible amounts of pain with his magic, a void wraith who can jump between worlds like it's [i]nothing [/i]and inflict incurable disease on any who she touches, a Primeirian scientist who can directly incapacitate any measure of power you're able to muster,"[/color] He paused to raise a hand to his chest, [color=ed1c24]"And I myself- I am far more powerful than all four of those creatures [i]combined.[/i] The very same creatures that are currently giving your friends more trouble than you're [i]worth.[/i] I'll ask it one more time. [i]What do you have? How are you going to win?"[/i][/color]