Triumphant return

[Oriena]

"If someone threatens you, you defend yourself. If they threaten your family, you protect them. What you don't do is allow the fear to control you. We are not prey."


She absorbed his words and picked out the little bits of information for later, brows daggering low. As if murdering children was not enough - the Atharim must eradicate an entire line? She spat her disgust. He took her by the arm, and Ori didn't stop him. The man's demeanour was tight with a concern that only fizzed her veins with adrenaline. The power continued to wreathe in her peripheral, feeding strength and recklessness. The patterns tightened. But the fiery prisms did not yet release.

"If you really believed it, you would not be standing here. And you can't be the only one with such an interesting secret. Discover the others before your Regus does. Rebellion takes but a tiny spark."
She winked. "The world is changing. Find a new belief."


Her gaze glittered as she sewed those seeds, calculating gears turning in her head, only to abruptly spin back to the present chaos. She smirked. "White got me in. You may have noticed that he's gone. I need you to punch the code in the elevator. Unless you know another way out."