Liz slashed with her spear before using its butt to crush a second beetle, and Luna waited until she was fighting two beetles to say, “What will you do when Matt leaves you behind? Will you be able to keep up with the man who can cast siege-level spells as if they are free? Will you watch him excel and blame fortune for your inability to keep up, or cling to his leg beg him to carry you up with you? Will you rely on him like you relied on everyone else in your life? You’re not even a proper blood mage, you’re just aping water mages with none of their tricks to help you. If others come to take him away, will you be there protecting him, or the weakness they use to make him surrender?”
That last comment caused Liz to lash out with a scream that was more of a growl.
Luna noted the damage ac
