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Only then did the Alfar raise shields, pulling hard on the elements around her to form theinning to understand the little Alfar’s predica ideas, I kept my face carefully neutral and took a step backward as if intimidated by the bald little woman in front of , behind me

"You knoe don’t have to do this," I said, as she raised athe eyeball to be on the safe side I was pretty sure the creature could take care of itself, but still The thought of a e ball in my own eyee ball

"But we don’t The creature isn’t even a weapon It’s actually really nice," I said, realizing how inappropriate that sounded as soon as it was out ofchunk of the world despite itself" kind of way, I thought

"Of course it is a weapon Either it wipes out you and your allies like a scourge, or it gives me its power Either way, I will destroy you and everyone like you," Phaedra said, as she volleyed e balls at my shields I absorbed them without effort Her balls aren’t nearly as full as they norht, to my libido’s vast amusement

"But it’s not evil," I repeated "It’s not even really imprisoned I mean, it is, but that’s because the Alfar made it look that way"

She blasted away at roup Once again I felt her pull at the ele," she said, clearly fed up If she was smarter, or a better actress, she wouldn’t act so put out about not having been able to take , yes, but not the most diabolical devil in Hell, by anyas I figured out hts into every supernatural in Rockabill We all saw its lies," she said, her face a e

"Really?" I asked, surprised that the creature had made co?"

"Yes," she said, obviously fuh I am sure very little of it can be believed"

"Really?" I repeated, stupidly "You ? With the creation of the earth? And the supernaturals really being mutant hurowled, her face spase each tiy turns out to be false, I thought, understanding her anger for what it really was--fear

"If you experienced what I did, then you felt what it felt More important, you felt what its host, the man who became a selkie, felt You know it can’t be lies," I needled

"Anything can be a lie," Phaedra insisted, al can be believed, and that was lies"

"If nothing can be believed, then why does the creature have to be the one lying? Why can’t what you’ve been taught about your origins be the lies?"

I realized how hard this had to be for Phaedra Yes, she was a nut, but she’d been taught that the Alfar were far superior (and unrelated) to both huainst everything Phaedra had ever been told and what she’d based her whole life upon

She actually turned purple atchoice of co her blood-red eyes

"We are not huic blast at ainst e balls

Gotcha, I thought, feeling her pull once again, and despite her having lost her temper, at only earth and water

"You should really calm down, Phaedra," I said, once she’d spent herself and had to recharge Like me, she could pull water from the air, cocooned as ere by water in this ocean cave Water that also kept out most air-elementals What there had been, she’d probably already hoovered up "Being huain, her face a e

"And besides," I said, before she could answer back with eitherto burn yourself out"

"I am Alfar, you stupid bitch I will burn you out!" she yelled back at me, eyes manic with hate

"No," I replied, cal, not down here You’re surrounded by water, da out your fire And you’re cut off fro but your own gaseous bellowing since we came down here"

"I still have earth, and I still have water," she said, but one on the defensive, not that it mattered