Meruin paused for a short while, thinking over on what to say. "Liz . . . you unleashed what is quite possibly one of your trump cards on an un-ranked match. You should have seen that he wasn't right in the head at that point. I understand the need to fight and improve, but I don't want to risk anyone getting permanently hurt. Regardless if he forgave you and no one got hurt, I just don't want it to happen again."

The small mage stared at the two of them, hoping they got the message. Then she dropped the subject. "Well, that's all, really. In any case, Marcus, you should have kept attacking Liz and try to keep yourself from getting provoked," she advised, "you had a good chance of winning, much higher than I anticipated really, and Liz, it's nice to see you've made a connection with that elemental. Euphie, was it? Perhaps you'd like a duel later on? I'd like a chance to experiment . . . er, test out some of my theories against elementals."