"What do you think you're doing?" Crystal asks as she grips the small girl's hand, who whimpers in fear as Crystal's eyes open. Looking at the small girl who held a poisoned dagger.
"I-I-I thought you were asleep?!" The girl struggles against Crystal's grip, the sound of her cries waking up the others.
"What's going on?" Rayth asks, "Don't hurt her Crystal!"
"She tried to assassinate me." Crystal says simply, "She was sent here by Omose. A failed attempt, she didn't even get close."
"Wait, you can't just kill a kid!" Neca says, "That's like, totally not cool!"
Crystal takes the dagger from the girl swiftly, "I don't see the issue. She tried to attack me. I have the right to defend myself."
"You have defended yourself!" Rayth says, getting up and separating Crystal from the girl, "You disarmed her! Now let her be!"
"Why are you so worried about a single half-demon's life?" Crystal asks, "It's not like she's human."
"She's half-human! Even then, she's still a child! We don't kill kids!" Neca shouts, and Crystal looks at the dagger.
"I don't get humans desire to keep things alive when they clearly should be taken out." Crystal chucks the dagger into the forest, "Keep her on your side if you're worried I'll still kill her."
"Whew! Thank you." Rayth says, as he takes the girl over to where he was sleeping and he sits down with her, "You can't go attacking random people in their sleep."
"It's just as she said, I have to kill her for mother!" She whimpers, "My name is Lilly, I'm the daughter of Omose! The greatest demon in all of Araylian! If I return a failure she'll kill me!"
"It's okay, we won't let her take you. You'll be safe with us." Rayth says, "Crystal doesn't have the ability to hold a grudge."
"I know it's because she's a freak who doesn't have a heart!" Lilly shouts, "She deserves to be dead!"
"Wait..." El'gon finally speaks up, "Crystal doesn't have a heart?"
"Yes, she's a freak of nature!" Lilly shouts, "She deserves to be dead!!"
"She isn't a freak of nature, not please stop shouting before you bring demons in!" Rayth warns, "Sit down and be quiet."
"I'm going to try to get some actual sleep." Crystal says as she returns to her spot, and Rayth sighs.
"You need to understand Crystal isn't a freak of nature, she's simply got a defect from birth." Rayth says, "Your mother is the cause of this."
"It doesn't matter. Mother said Crystal didn't shed a single tear when her father was murdered. That's something that's more inhuman than a demon."
"Just because something is different, does it make it that bad?" El'gon asks, "You are obviously different from Neca, but you're both half-demons."
"What...?"
"Should Neca die because she doesn't look or act like you?"
"No that's dumb."
"But that's what your mother has made you think about Crystal, just because she is different, and doesn't act like you or I, she should be killed."
"But it's different-"
"Exactly she is different. But she shouldn't die just because she's different."
"But-"
"But nothing. Please go back to sleep." Rayth says harshly, "It's been a long night."
"You people are stupid... she'll kill you all in a blink of an eye and she won't feel anything. She doesn't care about you." Lilly laid down.
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Information approved for Public Knowledge:
Tatsuka - The Blade of Yagikuma and The Fang of Kitsuna.
Sword crafted by Drado Yashuda. Sword owner is Crystallina Shigorati. It has several abilties, but some of the most powerful are:
Splinter - Creates large spikes of metal that erupt from the ground once the blade has made contact
Shockwave - Creates an electrifying blast around the blade, best used when parrying.
Wind Break - A burst of light that erupts from the guard that acts sort of like a whip.
Weapons defects: Drains the power and energy of whoever wields it. Would not be for the faint of heart. If a human were to wield the blade, they would not only be possessed by Yagikuma's spirit, but Kitsuna's as well. Killing the human in minutes.