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With no small amount of glee, you wonder if this will actually escalate. And who would come out on top if it did. You've seen Morkai fight, and it was brutal. But the elf was not so bad herself a few minutes ago. And she has magic that she obviously knows how to use.

A draw, maybe? Or maybe Straasa will finally intervene before it comes to that.

A seagull squawks overhead. A sailor grunts a few meters away as he coughs a siren corpse overboard. Daelynn shifts next to you, but she stays quiet, waiting. Morkai is pinning her with his glare from her, and she suggestively bites her lip in response.

Then all of a sudden, Morkai relaxes, his tight pose unwinding. His eyes lose their killer glare, and he smirks at Daelynn and crosses her arms in front of her chest. "You want me to react to you. Therefore, sorry, but you're not getting it," he informs her archly, his voice and expression of her self-satisfied.

Daelynn puffs out a disappointed breath. "Aww, that's a pity. Are you all bark and no bite then? I like some fire in my men."

Daelynn's grin is entirely diabolical as she says this. Does she have a death wish?! And after he backed down, too! "What did you just say to me…?" Morkai roars apparently attempting to murder her with his gauze her alone. His eyes are almost shooting fire bolts out of their green depths, and you are surprised the woman is not instantly incinerated. On the contrary, she looks very satisfied with herself for some reason.

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