She wasn't paying enough attention to him. Sure, she could see his mana, but she hwas confident enough that he was slowed enough to not be a risk. However, while that would have worked for most people, he had the ability to completely cancel it out. Which he, of course, did.

He grabbed her shoulder, whirled her around and slapped her, hard. She lost her balance and ended up staggering to the side, somehow managing to avoid hitting the ground beneath her.

"... ow." She said quietly, as she realised that there was something tingling at the impact site. She could feel his mana, feel it trying to do anything with her.

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"Yes, I know." The woman stated, her voice level, calm, but most certainly unimpressed.

"I was sent to help. However, I was told explicitly to not take any shit from you." She told him. "So you can back down lest I tell Mistress that you're abusing her favourite test subject." The elf just growled, but wasn't able to say anything. At least nothing coherent.

Her insubordination to him was most certainly angering him, and it wasn't hard to tell. So, what he did was lunge for her, a blade in his hand. She hadn't been able to dodge it, and she felt his blade slice her across the cheekbone. It wasn't particularly bad, but the face bled a lot, and it showed here.

She just held a hand out toward him, causing him to feel like dark, poisoned water was starting to fill every bit of open space within his body. He knew she wasn't controlling it, this was purely natural reflex.

"She told me my self preservation is key." She stated.

"Said nothing about you."

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The woman didn't say anything.

"..... You know I'm not that physically strong." she stated.

"And you know that he'd likely kill ME if I attacked him." She continued.

"Self-preservation is stopping me from attacking him." She finished with, crossing her arms beneath her breasts.

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"YOU'RE A COWARD, CHRIS!" She called out before sighing.

"... Mistress will be quite unhappy that he left me behind." she added with a shake of her head before turning her attention to the Fyrane.

"Yes. I was explicitly told to ensure my own survival, over his." She told him honestly.

"Not... not that he was told, apparently."

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She was silent for a moment before sighing, heavily.

"I wish I could say the same." She then said before pausing.

"... Go away." She then said. "She will be coming, and she will not be happy." She continued.

"If you are here, you can't win against her, you know that."

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She froze when he told her to go with him, having not expected that, and never once considered it.

"I..." She started.

"....." She couldn't think of anything to say, was frozen in place because it was a choice, and it was something she didn't really handle well anymore. Maybe in the past, she did, but hadn't for a very long time.

"She's coming." She said quietly, able to see the elven mana approaching in the distance. The Fyrane just grabbed her hands.

"Let's. Go. Before she gets here and kills us both." He urged. She didn't say anything, didn't know what to say, before nodding, letting him use his mana to get them out of there.

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She didn't move for a few seconds. It took a few more before there was anything for her.

"I... Where can I go?" She asked, pain in her voice as she brought a hand up to the side of her head. One thing that the woman they both hated had always done, was to have it that if one of her minions tried to escape, there would be a massive amount of pain wracking through them. Most of her subjects and minions would die from it.

This one, however, knew she wouldn't. Not much could kill her, she'd learned. She wasn't invincible or immortal, just very hard to kill.

The pain was setting in though, and it was hard enough, and fast enough, that she was getting a glitchy effect with her mana sight. If she didn't know where she could go for the moment, she'd drop and hit the floor. She knew this.

Chances were she'd be out cold for awhile, but who knew how she'd be when she woke.

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She was silent.

"Eventually." she answered. "Maybe." She added honestly.

"I'm too far from her." She then said. "And it hurts. Literally."

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She was silent for a few seconds before nodding.

"Right. I... " She started, before there was a sharp stab of pain through her head, causing her to wince, severely and notably.

"Ow." She muttered.

"I... I'll see you later." She added before trying to navigate the cluttered apartment. She coudl see mana, yeah, but his apartment really didn't have any.

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She was silent as she was led through the apartment, and to his bedroom.

"Thank you." She stated, pain in her voice, after he got her sitting on her bed.

"I think I'll be ok." She told him.

"This is something that is made to kill those that run." She told him. Not realising that he likely wouldn't clue in that she wasn't one that would succumb to that.

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