A Grim Future - Part 6

She leaned in even closer, and her eyes suddenly changed, losing their playfulness, and her fingers were around his neck, extending to claws. "After all!" She said, her voice enraged. "After all – how could a Vessel subordinate me, and fail to use me properly?" She shouted. "I have lost my patience. You are the most despicable of creatures. I would accept it if you were to ignore me – but not when you fail to make progress. YOU ARE BLESSED BY PANDORA, FOOL! WHERE IS THE PROGRESS YOU HAVE TO SHOW FOR IT?"

He took her rage with gritted teeth, and put a thick hand of his own to her neck. "You lose, Fragment, you don't have room to bite at me. You think you're angry? Do you not see my own rage?"

His eyes were black with the flecks of Pandora. Through his fingers, the Fragment could feel his wrath. She startled slightly at the intensity of the emotion, and then her lips curled, revealing her fangs.