Lee felt Meruin scooch out of her hug, but paid no mind to it. Instead, her eyes were on the spot Xinhua had previously occupied. The Dragon God disciple had left in a brilliant show of thunder and lightning - a representation of her rage that Lee had fortunately never been on the receiving end of. Karen had followed, looking a tad chastised by her earlier look.
She worried her bottom lip. Perhaps she shouldn't have been so short with Xinhua. It was just her worry mixing in with a confusing pull that she couldn't quite name. It wasn't like her to verbally attack someone, even if she was just expressing her displeasure, and it looked like the same could be said of Meruin. In lieu of a hug, Lee placed a comforting hand on Meruin's shoulder, but didn't let it settle for long.
"They're right. There's nothing wrong with standing up for yourself." She eyed Viola, not missing the girl's obvious dislike of her roommate's attitude. There was something more there, but Lee just didn't know what.
"Xinhua is strong and has the right to have a little bit of arrogance," she said in defence for her friend,
"but I don't doubt your ability to be on par with her with your magic." She paused, mulling over the situation.
"I still don't like it. Both of you are going to get hurt. Xinhua might get hurt." She blinked, realizing the blunder she'd just made. She gave a sheepish chuckle towards the gathered people.
She turned to Viola, narrowing her eyes at the way the girl's tone turned sly.
"Wouldn't that be cheating?" She loved the girl's magic to death -
ha, death, spirits... get it? Shut up Lee - but Lee could feel it inside herself that Viola's contracts were more complicated than she let on. She watched Viola for a while, coming to the realization that the girl would always be as mischeavous as she was that moment, and sighed. She moved over to Viola and ruffled the girl's hair.
"Don't stir up too much trouble, okay?"Her eyes returned to where Xinhua and Karen had exited. She didn't know where her roommate had gone, but she could visit their dorm room and try to search for her using the plantlife around the school. At that, she turned to the young girl in their group.
"I'm going to go look for Xinhua. I need to..." she hesitated before finally settling on,
"talk to her." Her lips curled into a warm smile as she held out her hand towards the young girl.
"I can take you to the dorms. My name is Lee, and you are?"Before she took her leave, Lee wrapped Viktor in a hug.
"Don't go disappearing again. You need to be the voice of reason in this group." She gave both Viktor and Viola a playful wink before taking the young girl's hand and motioning for them to get a move on.
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