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This time, her eyes blazed with icy fire. "I said that is enough!" She spoke sharply to Nivram, far more sharply than she had to Zakaria, "This is not for you to handle." The girl paused, taking a breath, visibly appearing calm, save for her eyes, "This isn't your fight. She was my apprentice and my resposiblity. Enough blood has been split already. I will not permit any more to be spilled, especially not from your hand."
Although Isokla's pose was relaxed, there was a slight tighening around her eyes and her feet shifted ever so slightly. "There will be no more conflict, no more bickering - you will back down now. I will not permit this to escalate..." The girl's hands had slipped inside the sleeves of her robes, and it was clear that this was not the same girl they had first encountered several days previous. "Exercise restraint, or you are no better than the fool in front of us." Her words were damning and directly addressed to Nivram... but for the others, one had to ask who she was really speaking to?
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