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Raine gave a quick sweep of everyone, studying Drake and Connor's wounds for a bit, and then closed her eyes. She tried to imagined a calm pond and a white crane standing in the middle balanced and calm, but what she saw was a turbulent pool of water. She opened her eyes and started breathing exercises...In, out, and... "T-Thank you Raine." She nodded in response with hazy eyes. Focus, Calm, Expell Her fathers soft and edged voice rang in her ears. A flashback of her father smacking her arms with a bamboo pole to try and test her tolerance of pain and control of emotions. It caused hatred to bubble up. "So what happened in everyone's fights?"

Silence and the sound of clinking bowls had followed when Connor said that and Raine decided to break the tension. "I got attacked by the snake rider, got provoked, lost it, and jumped off Failynn(who snorted and swished her tail)." She paused a bit trying to remember what else, a few flashes were what she had. "I also fell because the snake rider grabbed me, I think and then hit the roof..."