[h2]Tyaethe[/h2]

She could have avoided being picked up; there was nothing impairing her [i]reaction[/i] times. She could even have broken free after that, even [i]without[/i] causing (real) damage. Watching Fionn try to keep his grip on a suddenly armoured figure even larger than he was would be an interesting one.

But all of that would have been more exertion than she thought was a good idea, so the vampire just pounded her (less) burned fist on his back. "This is no way to carry a lady!"

Still, there was enough slack for her to wriggle around to a seated position with the air of someone who's done this too many times before, even with her somewhat limited range of motion right now.

The vampire gave a slow blink at Renar's announced desire to take armour. "Do none of you have any sense of self-preservation? Those [i]idiots[/i] nearly drew Rozenalt's entire attention, and now you're taking magic fae armour?"