[h3]Cyare Staunton[/h3]

During the course of spending long periods of time around people, environments, or animals one developed an extensive understanding of their patterns and behaviors. Some of this was conscious, a wealth of experience from which to extrapolate how a situation might change due to the influence of certain factors, but it could also be very subconscious. An innate understanding of what would happen moments before it does without conscious consideration, almost a sixth sense as to an imminent occurrence. It was impossible to say exactly what tripped this particular sense, perhaps Rei's tone, perhaps the preparatory bunching of muscles, perhaps simply knowledge of his predilection towards disruption, but the Tactical Mage knew of his imminent abduction seconds before it occurred.

Unfortunately, not swiftly enough to prevent it.

Though subdued, as she preferred to keep all of her reactions, she felt irritation spike in the back of her mind. The removal of the other mage negated the very point he had been making. The very premise behind Rei scouting ahead had been to gather intelligence whilst ensuring that only one person ran the risk of falling into any particular trap, as Ferrara's expertise would prevent the group he remained with from falling prey to the same. Rei's actions disrupted the very intent of the-

The slightest pressure on the back of her armor, a sensation she had long since learned to recognize instantly, snapped her attention to the only mage remaining with her. How Kaia Iona had so quickly learned Rei's nature was beyond her, though the man had a tendency to emanate an aura that caused irritation by his very presence, she could not know. But she could not argue with her conclusion.

"Yes." She answered simply, stepping to the left and crouching low enough to scoop the blind mage onto her back without breaking stride. Her weight was not much of an issue, not considering what she had carried in the past, but said issue become nonexistent a mere moment later. The single word, [i]"Pawn"[/i], uttered under her breath triggered the activation of her magic. With the doubling of her physical capabilities, lifting Kaia was simplicity itself.

She broke into a run without another word, her enhanced capabilities already ensuring a heightened level of speed but one exceeded a mere instant later when the mage upon her back went to work. Her velocity skyrocketed without any further effort on her part, reaching speeds she never would have dreamed of experiencing. Certainly speeds that Rei would not expect to be approaching from behind. To anyone else, her newfound potential for speed would have been beyond disorienting. Fortunately for the brunette mage, her magic increased her cognitive faculties to such a point that people seemed to be moving slowly anyway. Her present situation certainly taxed that sensory processing to higher degrees than usually experienced, but nothing she couldn't handle.

Especially for the purpose of catching up to the kidnapper growing closer in the distance.

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