#13

Carolyn watched Dark leave and then turned her attention back towards Cancer, the hostility resuming as if it had never been interrupted.

"You saw someone about to get murdered, and the only thing you could think of doing was encouraging him, as a joke? I'm supposed to believe that you thought joking around then was a good idea? Are you really that fucking shallow?" she demanded furiously, unable to comprehend Cancer's insanity.

Before she could scold him further, a familiar voice heralded the arrival of Jade.

"I'm not in the mood for your inane questions right now." she said scathingly to the newcomer.

#14

"I'll do it." he said gruffly, pretending as if he hadn't seen the subtle flickers of revulsion flit across Mei's face at the sight of his charred visage.

It would take a while before his face was able to return to normal and it would require an intense amount of white magic to reverse the damage. He felt a twinge of frustration towards Dark but realised that he was just as much at fault. Concentrating the vestiges of power remaining within him, Kyo summoned a white aura around his face that clung to him like a brilliant, iridescent mask, intangible to touch but powerful enough to provide a much-needed sense of numbness.