Ayla just shook her head before approaching.

"Her reasons are her own." Skylar stated.

"This may offer you some protection for the next bit too." He added as Ayla did as she needed to , knowing what she was getting into and seeming to honeslty want to do it.

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"Hello, wretch." Lilime responded with before laughing.

"And no shit sherlock. They are here. Of course shit is falling apart here." She stated.

"What are you going to do about it." She asked. "It's not hard to tell you want to do something."

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"Yep. It is.' Lilim agreed.

"When you got Erica out of here, did the one you put the blame to get removed from here?" She asked.

"Eh? ... no. Just 're-educated. Why?" Chris asked after a moment, his confusion evident in his voice.

"Get the source out of here and pin it on him - again."

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Lilim just smirked.

"Of course." She stated, her voice calm.

:"Our bread and butter is planinng out to fuck with people, or anyone on the surface." she told him.

"Now, I do believe you came here to throw a few blows or whatever at me."

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"You do as you need to." Lilim stated after a moment or two, calm enough.

"Honestly... the sooner the better. Being what I am, I can feel their presence here." She admitted. "And it's gaining strength. The conduit's sanity is stretched stupidly thin."

"So go. Do what you need to. At least if you freeze time, then you won't have to worry about being found. Also, that's getting stronger, I assume. You use it on me pretty regularly."

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Lilim sshrugged.

"That one, I can't speak on." She said.

"But hasn't that shell been tasked with tending to the conduit?" She then asked.

"If so, then it should be easy enough."

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"I look forward to it, baby." Lilim said before laughing.

"Go do what you need to." She stated simply.

I eagerl await your return."

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the one that was in there sighed before looking over.

"Ah, hello." She said, sounding polite, but disinterested as well as she got to her feet. Technically, she wasn't even supposed to be there.

"I realise I am not supposed to be here." She stated.

"I am ready for my punishment." She then said, turning to face Chris fully and properly.

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She was completely silent before looking to Chris, her expression stunned.

"I... wait... what?" she asked.

"I know that she..." She trailed off, knowing that he knew where she was going with that.

She did not allow any sort of compassion to be shown to any of those there. Barring Azari, of course.

And she would never allow anyone to leave, either.

Exile generally meant death, but she could tell from the way he said it... that it wasn't the intention there.

To say it confused her, would be quite the understatement.

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She let out a cry of pain and nearly doubled over as she felt everything within her head fighting with the mana. Chris knew it was hard to have her express any pain, as what she'd grown up with had certainly built up her pain tolerance to the nth degree.

She dropped to her knees, her head feeling like it was about to either implode or explode, as Levi froze.

She didn't know what was going to happen next, just knew that she wanted this to stop, and soon.

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