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[center]Leon[@Jumbus] | Carmillia[@Animus] | Eun-Ji[@Medili] | Dorothea[@jasbraq] [/center]
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Zarra was unfortunately rather slow at reacting to anything that was going on, the sheer satisfaction at hitting his enemy in the nards had gotten a little in his head, and he was distracted more of how weirdly satisfying it was. The scream did however catch him rather off-guard, enough that he nearly tripped on his backstep, his coordination still a little off from the strange flash-bang like experience a moment ago. He unfortunately didn't even notice the whole situation with Leon until Carm and the Arcanists are chasing after him. Zarra fortunately glimpses Leon throwing the lyre into the crowd. Zarra sees this instantly as his chance to be the hero, by saving the lyre. Simply go through them, but his thought process is cut off from Manfred's very sudden but serious statement.

[color=2E8B57][b]"Leave her defenseless again, you will die."[/b][/color]

Zarra gives Manfred an incredulous stare, who is he even talking about? Is he referring to Dorothea? Did they not agree to find ways to handle the riot? By stopping the boat, he's cleverly preventing it from spreading to land, stopping both authorities and other rioters. Zarra snaps Manfred's head off hard from tone of voice alone. While it's not exactly intimidating being that Zarra is likely the same weight Manfred benchpressed to get into basic training, there's absolute distinct sound of instant disregard in his voice.

[color=6633cc][b]"Carmilla is the one who was with Dorothea last, blame her, not me. If anything, should've you have stayed with her, if she means so much to you? Don't threaten others for your failings."[/b][/color] He doesn't seem to grasp at first that Carm defending Dorothea is a laughable assumption.

If holier than thou attitude could smell, Zarra could gas bomb the ship. What caused him to develop such an attitude towards conflict in the first place? Is it misplaced pride, a sadistic verbal nature, or genuinely and angrily believes he is not at fault for the fate of Dorothea? Zarra, deciding one more disrespect, he turns around, knowing that stonewalling and getting the final word is an extremely powerful tool in terms of getting under another's skin. Being the literalist he is, Zarra sits by the unconscious Dorothea, refusing to look at any other student and only the mess going down at the end of the halls.