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[indent][indent][indent][color=gray][sub][right][color=92278f][b]Location:[/b][/color]The City of Thorinn, Aetheria[/right][/sub][/color]
[hr]It was like time had stopped to gasp. 

Graves spun and Seele froze, everything froze. The moment their eyes met was pulled taut at both ends, and yet if it had gone on forever she doubted she could have deciphered what she saw there. He hardly seemed sane. He hardly seemed [i]human[/i]. She hadn’t recoiled because even as he reared on her she thought: [i][color=92278f]‘He won’t hurt me. He wouldn’t. He’s grumpy but he’s not…’[/color][/i] 

God, she didn’t know his name. It was a silly thing to think, especially as something that could very well have been her [i]last[/i] thought, but it was all that came to mind. She wished she knew his name.[right][sub][color=#2E2C2C][i]say it[/i][/color][/sub][/right]Time caught its breath, the moment snapped to. 

Siegfried was in front of her. Seele caught herself before she stumbled onto her rear. Focus. [i]Focus[/i]. Her body was two steps ahead of her. Pressing the barrel of her finger-gun to Siegfried’s back, she fired a [color=92278f]Thrill[/color] of strength through him. He barked orders to Sif. [i]Caster. Support.[/i] She whirled her hand and shot the girl with a spell-powered [color=92278f]Thrill[/color] and a snapped an [color=92278f]Aegis[/color] of protection around her for good measure. 

In the back of their minds, they’d hear a young voice humming happily. 

The Shackles continued to crack. 

[color=92278f]“Don’t hurt him!”[/color] She shouted. It wasn’t a cry for mercy, it was an order to Siegfried. She just needed a few moments. A few moments and some spells. 

Seele invoked [color=92278f]The Fivefold Path[/color] and gave Graves both barrels. A double-dose of strength-debuffs came hurtling his way like bolts of violet lighting. Graves was fast, and had her hopelessly trumped in agility; if her spells hit, then they hit, but she wasn’t banking on it. They didn’t need to, they just needed to buy time. 

The chains binding her began to shimmer and crackle. Just a few moments more…[/indent][/indent][/indent]