Snippet #1521404

"No..." Anya said, "you're not going alone! If this was Tedrin's mission in his heart then that is the mission that I will take upon myself. You will not go by yourself..."
Nez looked from Dryytz and said, "Junpei, don't be hasty... And you, Anya, if you're taking the Drag'Konins with you then I'll be damned to hell if you go without an escort for Junpei. If I have anything to say about it...those Drag will not touch him..."
"No...we're not doing this, Nez," Anya yelled and said, "I know what you're suggesting! We are not going together! And you, Junpei, stop before you go and get yourself killed! Don't be such an idiot. you don't know what we're facing here. Why go if you don't know your enemy at all? It would be better for a larger force to go to defeat the enemy. if it can turn thousands of men into puppets at once then it must be powerful..."
Nez shook his head and said, "All the more reason for us to go at it together...!"
"Right, Nez, when we all tried to kill each other! It's a wonderful idea! I hope you're keying in on my sarcasm!" Anya barked.
"you don't understand what I'm saying..."
"I understand all too well what you're saying, Nez. I would love to have a battle of wits with you but I don't feel too keen on battling an unarmed Val! We need to separate..."
"We don't!" Nez yelled, "be it as it may that we were halted in our actions by the Forest Spirit but if we stick together we may be able to conquer this foe. If it is important enough for the Forest Spirit to show herself to us then we need to band together. i can't imagine that you would be so unwilling to control yourself that you can't travel with us, Anya!"
Anya reluctantly held her tongue. Nez was right and she was being stubborn. "We were supposed to have time to speak with our suggestive forces, Nez..."
"And Junpei has spoken...the Punyimpa has spoken and I would be led to believe that the Drag'Konins' thirst for battle would lead them to this enemy anyway... If this enemy has killed all of the El'Dren and Punyimpas in this forest then this enemy is mine and Dryttz's just the same as it is yours..."
"Fuck..." Anya said and turned away from Nez. "Fine... we will go," Anya said as she turned back toward Nez. But Junpei goes with you once we are done. We part ways and that is that. I refuse to kill one another after our trial is done..."
Nez nodded. It was decided. Now, the matter at hand was the demon's Champion at the edge of the Wilds...