The healers ran over as the ice melted off of Sylvia's massive form, she was beyond pissed. She felt like she got cheated, and Ben only won through luck that she fell for it; as he was being healed, she charged at him, ready to stomp his weakened form.
Suddenly, Thomas appeared, "Sylvia stop. Please." Sylvia slowed down but was still moving, "Sylvia, he isn't worth it." Thomas said with a smile on his face, and with that she stopped. Ben looked up, wondering what happened. Sylvia reverted to her human-size form.
People started to clap applauding Thomas' apparent bravery. Ben finally healed enough to finally stand on his two feet, as Thomas tried to walk her away. "Hold it!" Ben said, causing Thomas and Sylvia to stop. "Sylvia. You did great." He said as he approached her Thomas tried to speak.
"I don't think-" Ben immediately cut him off, with a fit of anger in his voice, "Shut up." He then turned back to Sylvia, "You nearly defeated me. You're a great fighter. I don't know where the creep stuff came from but I need you to know, I don't know how you got that."
Sylvia didn't say anything, and with that, Ben Voll walked away. As people parted away from the gate, no one congratulated or hyped him up, he just walked off and out. Ben left.
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"Man I'm telling you, these guys don't fuck with me like at all." The guy on the other end spoke, "Man, this why I told you to stay at Elderion, but you wanted to stay close to home this time as if you wouldn't be living on campus with us, man."
"You mad? Live on campus with you man? Man, you would have killed me within minutes, man. Also, some wolf-eared girl challenged me to a duel for being a creep. These bitches be bad, but I didn't know they are crazy, spreading rumours and shits."