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For a quick second hope seemed to appear when Xander became calm, but when his eyes reopened Karma felt like she had been stabbed. Dusk continued leading her out of the cave and this time there was no resisting, if any of them staid then there would be bloodshed. Now out in the open air, she knew time had been frozen but only now did it seem like reality.
Further away from the cave entrance, the siblings at last stopped. Karma remained standing, head lowered as she didn't know what else could be done. Dusk stood beside her, expression more grim than usual, and his dark gaze looking back at cave. The concentration that showed revealed he was struggling with a decision, when he decided on one the other resurfaced and the battle started over. Vanth's howl echoed through the cave and out to the air, causing the brother and sister's ears to pin down but that was all.
"We should go back," Karma finally spoke up. Dusk was expecting it, and he turned his gaze back to his sister. "You saw what was happening," he said in a low voice, "if we go in there we'd only be making a bigger fight."
"But Vanth and Xander are going to fight one another and who know's what will happen."
"Possibly one could kill the other, or maybe both. That or they'll end of severely harming each other," Dusk stated frankly. The statement took Karma aback a bit, but she knew it was only the truth he was speaking. A kind of scowl formed on her brother's expression at her reaction, though when he spoke he kept his voice at the same tempo, if harder, "Neither of them wanted us to remain there, they wanted everyone out. If we went back we'd only be making things harder for the both of them and possibly-" he cut himself off.
"Get us both killed?" Karma finished for him. Dusk glared at her but said nothing more. Admitting a possible defeat was something Dusk hardly ever did, and though he didn't entirely believe that would happen he didn't want to risk it if they didn't have to.
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