"Thank you, Kaya," Kaide said with intense gratitude. The last blast of emotional force had nearly turned his emotional spectrum into a mess and what Kaya just protected him and Kyrus from was ten times that strength.
Kaya looked like she could barely speak to acknowledge the gratitude. Maybe it was because it had combined with its source in Revon or maybe the Mask of Malevolent Aura had been holding back since the beginning, either way, that emotional attack had nearly sapped what bit of Nature Energy Kaya still had.
"Don't hurt them!" Revon yelled at the Mask.
"They're weaklings," The Mask answered and despite the lack of change in its mouth, it sounded like it was sneering,
"Just as much as the half-breed, they are a source of regret. If you never had to be with their mother… if they didn't exist, 'she' might have let you stay."
"It doesn't work like that," Revon shook his head but he sounded unsure.
