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Eilidh was shaken from the fireball, which was why it was thus so easy to attack her in her dazed state until she was kneeling and being choked. Luckily, her senses came back in time for her to grab the staff and push it away from her, giving her a tiny respite in the form of the ability to breathe. The mage was surprisingly strong, though! It took all of her strength, and both hands, to keep the staff away from her neck.

[color=9B1436]"Why?!"[/color] She yelled back, her voice straining with effort. [color=9B1436]"To prove you wrong? We are not bloodthirsty creatures! If you rally Varjans to attack an innocent and peaceful community that posed no threat to you, under false pretenses, it's clear who the real monster is!"[/color]

Using her powerful forelegs, she forced herself back upright, causing the mage to have to reach up to carry on the hold, and thus weakening his grip. She pushed the staff hard with a sudden surge of strength, lifing the mage off the ground in the process, before escaping his hold, dashing forward, facing away from him, then delivering a double-legged buck right at his armored chest Hopefully it shouldn't kill him with his armor, but it might break something.

Hopefully.

[@PaulHaynek][@13org]

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On board the prison wagon, Rebecca felt they were finally given some respite, and started to chant verses about healing and cleansing, her hands adopting a preying position. Everyone around her would feel their pain begin to ease, and any injuries or burns they sustained begin to slowly heal.

Their break from combat was short lived, as a sword began to stab at them from the roof forcing them to keep low, and for Rebecca to cease her healing magic. As well as this threat, two other Varjans were trying to break into the cage. Sword ready, the priestess waited for another teammate to engage the armed one, and while they were doing that, she would stab the one with the key.

[@PaulHaynek][@The Irish Tree][@Restalaan][@Zaphander]