Ekho shook in anger at the interruption of her tirade - she wasn't even finished! Rage filled her as the hooded girl continued on talking, totally ignoring her obvious fury. Her spear fell from her hands as she approached the girl. Snarling, she grabbed the girl by her hood and glared at her up close.

"What did you just say to me?" Ekho demanded, not one to be talked to like that. 

What right did this girl have? To talk down to her like that, to act as if she was more important than her? To have the gall to say she was whining? No, she wouldn't let this [i]champion[/i] call her that. No one could talk to [i]her[/i] like that. 

"You have ten fucking seconds to apologize to me, you little no good -." Ekho had to take a moment to calm herself, unclenching her jaw and letting go of the girl's hood. She pretended to dust it off for a minute before speaking rather loudly, "I can talk about a mayor who has no respect for his guests as rudely as I please, weakling. And I hope you don't test my patience - [i]no one[/i] walks over me like that and doesn't get a beat down. But we are teammates in this, so I'll excuse it this once."

Ekho wanted to pat herself on the back: she was never good at controlling her anger, but she did it quite successfully this time. Now she just hoped that the other would get the hint and realize that Ekho was not a force to be reckoned with, [i]ever[/i].