At the start of the invasion...
Like everyone else, Ares was standing on the streets and looking at the walls with his heart nearly jumping out of his throat. The anxiety he was feeling was painful.
Melissa was standing beside him, but not looking at the walls at all. She was staring at her disciple with wariness as she noticed something in his actions and eyes. Once again, she realized that there was a crazy rage overtaking the determined gleam of his eyes. A rage that Melissa had never seen in an adult's eyes, let alone a kid's.
'Ares...' she thought, nearly saying it out loud. She raised her hand to reach for him but as she witnessed his expression changing, her body got paralyzed in shock.
'What's with this rage of yours? Even I, someone who witnessed the most terrible feelings in other people's faces, am not able to withstand this intense pressure...'