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Bianca tried to avoid looking directly into Artur’s eyes as he spoke, already knowing that his words would be scolding. Maybe she acted a little out of line, maybe, but that stupid girl deserved it. Calling her a baby and insulting the entire group...how dare she. Still, it seemed getting even a quick glance at Artur’s expression was practically unavoidable...

She listened quietly as he spoke, still trying to avoid his gaze. His words reminded her so much of her parents that she so despised, but his expression seemed to convey something entirely different from what her parents’ expressions usually did. While there was a necessary sternness to it, Artur seemed to have a kinder, gentler look in his eye, while her mum and dad always had an odd sort of tenacity to their stare, with no parental care in it at all. It was as if her success as a medical practitioner was more important to them than how she felt or what she really wanted to do...

As Artur finished, Bianca had an odd feeling creep through her body, causing her to shudder slightly, as if she was cold, and cross her arms. Her face betrayed her for a very brief moment, displaying another emotion before she played it all off as another act of indignation, turning her face away from Artur entirely and pouting.

“...Fine. But it’s not my fault. She started it by insulting not just me, but all of us,” Bianca finally replied. She turned to face her aggressor, Ferma, only to find she’d already stepped to the forefront to make another jeer at her.

“Heh-heh, Baby Bianca just got scolded! Ha ha ha - Ow!” Bianca was about to reply with something a bit wittier than her previous insults as to slip it by her new ‘censor’ of being civil, but found she didn’t have to. The taller woman, apparently named Lindell, had already taken it upon herself to dole out the punishment for her. She snickered as her formidable opponent was roughly smacked around until she finally got the picture, ceasing any and all her incessant teasing.

“Serves you right, you whelp...” Bianca muttered inaudibly under her breath.

Of course, Bianca’s increasing hostile feelings towards Ferma wouldn’t help, considering Lin decided to take it upon herself to appoint Ferma as their guide for the rest of the day. A shocked expression crossed Bianca’s face, and she turned to face Lin and protest on probably the only thing Ferma and her would agree on all day.

“No, no, she doesn’t have to show us how sorry she is. Please, don’t make us take her. Just give us a map or something and we can get their on our own and stuff!” It seemed her protests fell on deaf ears, as did Ferma’s, as Lin continued to walk away, smirking. Bianca sighed heavily, eventually walking along with the group once they headed back to town. But not before at least one little incident.

“And you. You’d better watch your back little princess. Never know what might be behind you…” Bianca slowly tried to back away from the now a little more evil looking Ferma, tripping over the small piece of earth she so expertly placed behind her foot, falling hard onto her bum. She glared angrily at the laughing pikeman, rising to her feet and rubbing her rump gingerly as she picked up her pace to catch up, moving in line right next to Ferma.

“Hey! What’s your deal? Look, just because there’s someone cuter than you around now doesn’t mean you have to go torture them. We’re on the same team now, y’know? We should work together instead of bickering. What, do you want me to apologize to make you stop? Well, then I’ll be the first to say I’m sorry I called you an untalented peon. There, I said it. Are we fine, now?”

She’d continue following along with the rest of the group, waiting for Ferma’s response. For the moment, Bianca was fairly annoyed that the one person she could talk to that was even somewhat close to her age already had it out for her, in a sense. How absurd...but typical.