[center][h3][color=a0410d]Audrey Springer[/color][/h3][/center][hr]

By the end of their dance, Audrey was grinning broadly, her face flushed with exertion. The two were propelled from each other with force, but both kept their feet, and Audrey half slid, half stumbled backwards from Rulania. 

She could already feel the power that had filled her up. It was hot, and brutal, but also strangely brittle. She felt intuitively that if she slammed her fist into the walls, the stone might crack. She also felt however, that her bones certainly would too. The power coiled up inside her chest and limbs made her feel light and fragile. Like her own strength could shake her apart. 

Her reverie was interrupted by Aleyn, and Audrey had to wonder where he had been about twenty minutes before, when she herself had yet to get on board. Still, she let him say his piece, after all he had the same objections as her. 

[color=a0410d]"Leyn,"[/color] she turned to face him, and spoke in a tone that was both gentle, and quite firm, [color=a0410d]"Rowan's right, I already tried the whole 'send us home' bit. I think they've been honest with us, and you [I]know[/i] I'd be shouting about it if I didn't. I know how you feel, but did you think I'd let anything happen to Alycia, if I could help it? We're not promising anything to them other than that we'll hear them out. We won't let Alycia be in any danger. Or Odaya, for that matter,"[/color] she glanced briefly at the other young girl, who seemed to be the happiest with the state of affairs, in stark contrast to her brother.