// LETSGOOOOOO

[She turns tail and flees. Whether by sword or fire or any other way, she swears to herself she will slay this monster that rejects her existence.]

"I am 𝘍𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘵, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦! -and I swear, you'll only be remembered as the fool who challenged me...!"

"Mark my words...! You've made an enemy like none other! I'll cast you into the Flames of Disaster!"

[Why did that phrase come to mind so easily?]

"You... you'll regret this! I swear on my life and honor!"

[Ultimately, still bravado. She has no defense against this devil yet.]

[-there is a remaining pure residue of its contents that cannot be burned away; its ashes. It was as if this monstrosity was the ash of a much greater being.]

"Retribution? When I uncover the secret behind you stealing away my power, you'll understand the consequences of playing with fire!"

"Earned...?!"

[The warm orange highlights of her fur glow like heated coals.]

"I don't have to 'earn' anything! I am an empress of flames! It's my divine right to take what I desire and burn away what I don't!"

[This entity before her... when a substance catches aflame-]

[She holds out a hand, trying with all her heart to make them into molten spires to collapse onto Mephiles... but sparks from each marked spot simply sputter into smothered dust with no further fanfare.]

"Why-...? What are you?"

[The fear of him overpowers her fight-or-flight response. She pauses in place. The entity further back than her soul locks her from any other entity than heeding her "brother's" wishes.]

"..."

[Faust bows her head unable to meet the monstrosity eye to eye. She looks at the smouldering footsteps.]

[Enough distance for her power to work? This can work.]

"𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝘼𝙇𝙊𝙉𝙀-!"

[She calls on a torrent of fire to swallow him, but only a smoke cover comes from her hands.]

[Faust looks back for an instant seeing the fire. It should be simple as can be to extinguish them.]

"...!"

[If only she could bring herself to do anything but put distance between herself and that monster. She cannot speak. She swallows her pride, her only treasure, and continues to flee.]