Dromaeus snarled with helpless fury as he watched his apprentice, moments from death. Breaking cover, he moved undetectably towards the battlefield. As he got out in the open he saw Mia on the ground, and was torn between them. He didn't want to admit it to himself, but he didn't think he could save AEanna.
AEanna hit the ground but recovered with greater agility than she would once have been capable of, before holding her knife at a guarding position and her flames in her left hand.
"Who are you, monster? How do you know..." she trailed off. For a moment, its voice had been familiar."