[Lawtan]

Kadia swerved her head, looking for the presence that spoke in her mind. Never had she felt such a force within – usually she was the one coordinating via mind. Spotting Diogenesis, she made the connection.
What did he mean, though…surely such a miracle worker had some good in him…Then she thought about the priest’s reaction, not to her hiding, but to her connection. Looking at Thomas, she wondered what he was…
Seeing Thomas look upon something, and hearing his voice, Kadia turned towards Lev, and felt sick fear.

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Rurik watched as the –friend– was engulfed in flames. With Kadia’s aura-sensing, he saw Dante bolt from darkness and grasp at the priest who saved him. Then, a sound alerted him…another person. A gun-toting fellow tossed off the last of the snakes, but smelled…unclean. The man fell.

target.man_04 == ally
ally.life == 0
initiating..

…The man rose, with a reeking bile-smell…

initiation stopped…
ally.life == 1
ally.life == 0
ERROR: Multiple values for “ally.life”

Rurik, pausing in confusion, tilted his head back with a clank. A recording played a long, mournful wolf howl. Tilting forward on the rubber balls of his paws, Rurik felt Kadia’s fear. Growling, Rurik started towards Lev.

target.man_04 == cause.fear
initiate program Stop.target()? Y/N

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Kadia, sensing the gun-toting man, blanched. Behind her, a firewheel rose. In unconscious fear, she started spinning a firewheel, about to send it towards the presence. It radiating of burned atmosphere and gorged toxins. It was an impulse to kill the threat, but she killed the impulse, recalling that Dante and the priest were now vulnerable. Mentally, she commanded Rurik to stop his charge and fall back from what felt like possessed Lev.

“Such an…unbalance…unnatural…”