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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4710362" data-attributes="member: 3285">Sibling Rivalry: Part 5 – The Inner RingAs they made their way around the Inner Ring of the Shrine, they came to a stone staircase leading upwards. At the base of the staircase, curled up in a fetal position, was a member of the Black Talon egg clutch. “Calactyte?” asked Sebastian in surprise.  “Is that you?”The ss’ressen was shivering uncontrollably, its eyes rolled up into its skull.A figure, hidden in the shadow of the staircase commented in a voice devoid of any emotion, “I have been watching the beast for the better part of the evening wondering if I should kill it put it out of its misery or let the cold do my work for me.” Descending from the shadows, the speaker revealed herself to be an attractive elorii female. She wore little, with spiked shoulder guards, bracers, and knee-length black boots.  Her long ponytail swished behind her, dyed purple and black. Her skin was a dusky gray.She continued to speak as she walked towards Sebastian. “The atrocities committed by its kind upon my people though the ages are not easily forgotten. I have been pondering on whether the sins of a race should be borne by all its members or if the past should remain in the past.” “You must be Ilovios. I understand that elorii have long memories.  But you cannot punish one ss’ressen for the sins of an entire race.  It will change nothing.”“It will be one more elorii soul avenged.” Ilovios inserted herself between Calactyte’s shivering body and Sebastian. “And unlike your fleeting, mongrel race, one elorii soul is worth a thousand ss’ressen.”“If you felt that way, you would have killed him outright.”Ilovios jut out her chin.  “The natural laws will decide whether it lives or dies.”“Then who is to say that I’m not part of the natural laws? Perhaps I was fated to come here.  I know this ss’ressen.  His name is Calactyte.  He has protected human and elorii alike.  It would be a grave injustice to let him die here.”“Then it will be a pity when he dies.”  Ilovios smirked.“Yes, it would.” Sebastian raised his hands, palms open.  “But a watched pot never boils.  Medicates privates.”With lightning speed, Ilovios drew a dagger from her belt.  But she looked at it curiously, as if she wasn’t sure why it was in her hand.“Why don’t you have something to eat and leave the ss’ressen to his fate.”Ilovios snorted at Sebastian. “Lucky for you, half-human, I’m going to have something to eat. Don’t touch that thing; leave the ss’ressen to his fate.”  She shoved past him.Sebastian let the breath out he had been holding.  He rushed to Calactyte’s side and threw a robe over him.  Beldin and Vlad joined him. “What happened?”“Just dealing with cold hearts,” said Sebastian.  “Let’s get him upstairs to a fireplace where it’s warm.”</blockquote>

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