Phazer looks at Dij, and removes his scythe from Herm's throat, then walks toward him, raking his talons across the stone, leaving deep, sizzling slashes in the stone. He holds out a hand, and points a claw at Dij. "Tell me. If you were given the choice to die saving your friends, or to abandon them to their fate, which one would you choose?"

[i]Off in the distance, hundreds of miles and three oceans away.[/i] Pyro lifts his hands, the marks on his hands glowing, blasting a building with flames. He sits and waits for the flames to grow before reabsorbing the flames, and power, and slowly growing his power once again.