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Leena had lowered her mask when she had gotten inside the house, obviously troubled at what she was hearing. The bandits appeared to be a unknown group that was headed by someone possibly close to her. "Normally I'd be concerned at someone spying within my home, but in this case it will slide. I have an idea of who it may be." She murmured, pushing herself up with a heavy sigh. "Thank you Rafaela for telling me all of this. If you can, speak to the other towns on the outer part of our kingdom. I will try to come up with a solution as quickly as possible. If you would like, I can have some of my men be stationed out here to help with protection." She offered, handing her empty tea cup to the woman.

Rafaela nodded, "I'll send out that message. I think I'd feel more comfortable if my people knew how to fight. But having some forces may allow the villagers feel a bit more secure. But if they are no longer wanted here, will they go?"

"Yes, all you have to do is tell me. Would you be comfortable with me leaving a spirit behind? That way I can talk with you easily and it's obviously a bit hard to kill. I understand if you'd be a bit hesitant to have something of that sort here." She offered, lifting her mask up since she should head over to the makeshift hospital to help out if she could.

Mulling that over for a moment, Rafaela did nod, "Alright. But I hope it won't cause any mischief while here. How will I know when it's there?"

"It won't. When you need to speak to me, it will appear in front of you. Thank you again Rafaela. Take care." Leena answered, heading out the door with a nod to the woman, noticing how she bowed, getting greeted by Vadasz screeching and landing on her other shoulder. "Oh jeez boy, I was fine." She chuckled, running a finger along his feathers before looking to Ri. "Can you lead the way and let Kai know I'm on my way?" She asked softly, giving the dragon a small smile.

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Goodwill never necessarily meant that good things would come of it. Dais had seen such things happen where someone from a different race would come in and help, wouldn't be able to fix one problem, and then be beaten up over it.

Kai's scars also interested Dais. The position of them almost reminded him of something, but his mind did not dally on the topic since the mother was having issues.

Unfortunately, the mother was the upstart this time, and Kai seemed to have lost it. She didn't seem the usual more carefree person that Dais had seen earlier. The assassin knew that the situation was becoming very bad once the dagger started melting. This would not go well with the village, and Kai didn't seem to notice.

Magic, of course, Dais thought. Everyone else seemed frozen in fear, a bystander in the action. Dais decided that he had seen many worse things and that he was going to have to step in before anything else happened, whether or not, he put himself in danger. So much for staying out of everyone's attention. Fast reflexes would be a must here.

First, Dais knocked the melting dagger out of the mother's hand, letting it fall to the ground without harming anyone else. The mother's burnt hand could wait. If anything else happened....

He didn't really know Kai, and he didn't know if his next action would work. He aimed a punch at Kai's face.... because slapping was unseemingly for a man.

Not only a librarians' assistant. Well, that was going to show now if he used certain options. Kai was in another world and apparently burning up the area. Unfortunately, not all of the villagers would be able to get out in time. There were some that were injured. Putting an earth based shield over all of them would be too much of an effort. The most efficient solution was to stop Kai.

Aldon made a "squee" sound and leapt toward Kai, landing on the spy's head, and then making loud noises toward Kai.

What to do to quell Kai's "madness"? What did Gannel's king lack? Kindness. I can't believe I'm doing this to a stranger. Aldon had the idea, and as ridiculous as it sounded, it could be shocking enough to stop the mage. Imagining Kai to be a large Aldon, Dais attempted to embrace Kai and hold her tight. The action would remind him of a young girl he had once known.

Leena nodded at the knowledge that Kai was getting mad, grimacing as she started walking faster, knowing this couldn't be ending well. s**t. I hope she- OH ********> After hearing that Kai had snapped, she broke into a run, thinking quickly of a teleportation spell since she had to get all the way across town to get there. Throwing down a vial filled with something, she was suddenly gone, reappearing at the door since Vadasz had given her an image when speaking to her on her shoulder.

She got there in time to see Dais go flying, hearing how people were quite afraid. "s**t. Hang tight Dais. EVERYONE OUT! It's a precaution, but a wise one." She shouted the second part to everyone, watching as those who were left and could leave did. Glancing around, she saw Ri very close by, biting her lower lip as she knew this could be bad. "Ri, forgive me." She spoke to the dragon, drawing a sword and swinging it at the dragon, at the same time thinking a spell that would heal the two wounds on Kai's back. She was prepared to suffer any wound or none, it depended solely on Kai.

Ri squeaked, drawing Kai's attention.
"NO!" Kai threw a bolt of pure magic at Leena, freezing when she saw Ri dart out of the way of the sword, and blocked the magic from hitting Leena. "No..." she breathed, a mumbled spell bringing Ri to her. Tears streaked Kai's face as she gently held her dragon, closing her eyes a moment later as she curled up around Ri. A soft blue light emenated for a moment before fading, as she sent all her magic out to heal and fix everything. Everyone she hadn't reached or Dais had bandaged was fully healed, the building was no longer about to burst into flame, and Ri had healed and returned into Kai's arm. It took most her magic, almost everything that she had left, but knowing what she had almost done... Even after it was all repaired she didn't move, crying into her arms and hating that she'd lost control again.

Kai was well aware of the wide berth she was given, though it was another minute before she moved. Her eyes were dry again and Ri was cradled in her arms as she stood and went to Leena and Dais. "Forgive me, I wasn't in control of myself..." she murmured, her eyes lowered and not looking to Dais or Aldon. "Leena, I'll be in the field where we arrived. Vadasz can find me if need be." she said quietly, slipping outside and hurrying away from the village. "Not again, Ri, not again. They were over, I was together... But she broke it all so easy..." she murmured, sitting down on top of a small hill and staring out at the forrest. With a thought she send the rest of her magic to Leena, knowing the Queen would need it more than she did.

"But it was a decade ago, maybe longer. I don't know how long it was before I was in Mereth. And after the last village I thought it wouldn't happen again." Kai murmured, remembering all to well what happened then. There was still enough magic in the air that no one was able to go there, not without adverse effects. And there was nothing left where the tiny village used to be, just rock.

Kai smiled sadly, twisting around to hug him and laughing at Ri's sqeak of protest when she was caught between them. "Sorry dear... And yes, I understand. Clear as cyrstals. Where did that expression come from? Because you can't see through them at all..." she looked to Vadasz quizically, acting herself again.