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"I think we can save our interpretations for later," Phorce growled back. it had only been intended as a warning. At that moment it had seemed as if Shift was going too far; Wing, as Phorce saw things, had the authority.
Apparently, Renauld had other ideas. Besides, Ace was certainly taking things seriously.

"Do you really want him dead?" Phorce looked at Renauld, then shifted his gaze to Wing. "I think this lesson is over, just about," this last was said reflectively, as Phorce watched Shift's tail.
It was kind of sad to think that all he'd done was run interference. Shift had done the grunt work, really.

Echo starred. Everything had happened so fast, the whole fight, and all she'd done was... She balled her hands into fists angrily and turned away "Great!" she said in a harsh whisper, ramming her hands in her pockets "This sucks, I suck, everything SUCKS!" she muttered, her voice rising from a whisper. She spoke as she began to walk away, kicking a stone along the path every time she said 'sucks'. As she yelled the last word, she flicked the stone into the air, and swung her leg around, kicking it so hard it sailed staright through the air and embedded itself in the trunk of a tree. She stood still for a moment watching it, slowly lowering her foot to the ground, he hands still in her pockets. "I have to get out of here." she muttered, turning to leave, not carring if she was allowed to or not. She didn't care if she got in trouble, at that moment, she hated Wing and Renauld, and every other stupid stuck up p***k in that school.

"I don't care what that prat wants." she said, her hands closing into fists in her pockets. She kept walking. "I don't want lessons, and I don't want to hear what he has to teach me. I never should have taken these stupid lessons in the first place, I'm no good at them." She turned suddenly to face her, but she looked past her, at the teachers. "In fact, I never should have come to this school at all." She paused, her eyes flicking from Wing to Renauld. She turned again and started walking away. "It was a dumb idea" she muttered. "If anyone besides Renauld wants me, I'll be in the library." she yelled over her shoulder, half wanting to piss him off.

((Well, since I already removed my character from the party, I thought I'd wait until it's over))

"No, I don't want to fight the Brotherhood!" she said, still moving and now making emotive gestures with her hands as she spoke. She had been humiliated and frustrated by this fight, and it was stirring up old thoughts she hadn't had for a while. "I don't want to be 'an X-man', I just-" she stopped and lowered her voice. "I just want to be normal, is that so much to ask?! Why do all mutants have to get caught up in this stupid war anyway? All I want is to learn how to control all of this" she said with a frustrated sweep of her hands. "And then go back to my old life." Her voice and pace slowed as she said this, and she came to a complete stop since she had been moving automatically and now had to stop and figure out which way to go.

Echo picked a direction and started walking again. "You do maybe, but not me. I don't look weird, I don't have any dangerous powers. If I could get this under control, I'd just be a normal girl with really good hearing." She took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down "Look, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I feel that way, I'm sorry I'm letting the team down, and I'm sorry I cant be a better person, but right now I don't want to 'fight evil', I just want to be me, the way I was before." They reached the library and stopped. She looked up at Shift and gave her a half smile "I'm sorry," she said again "But I don't want to be Echo anymore, I just want to be Emily"

((Sorry. i thought this was still at a standstill... sweatdrop ))

Phorce was momentarily as interested by the stone as Renauld had been for the same moment. Renauld may not have sen or felt it, but Echo's energy had fluctuated...spiked, actually. Mutant energy reacted most radically with emotion. Phorce knew that too well.
But even his eyes had moved to follow Echo, and shift as they started walking off to- it looked like they were arguing.
"So it over? Great." Phorce started to walk off, then stopped. "And I don't need to be worked with so much as I need others to work with me."
Phorce, right then, could have been the bigger guy and offered to help move Ace: it wouldn't be hard... But he wanted to catch up with Shift and Echo right then. He turned and jogged towards them, and got close enough to here Echo's remark.
"You do maybe, but not me. I don't look weird, I don't have any dangerous powers..."
It made Phorce pause. Did she mean him? Did she think he was dangerous? He shook himself. "What I'm interested in, and i'm not the only one, is what you did with that rock, Echo. You think you can't be dangerous doing that?" Phorce cracked a half-smile. "Besides," he said having also heard what Shift was trying to argue, "we don't have a choice right now. Today, there is no middle ground. You'd think that the human race, regs or mutants, would learn, but ideological wars are as old as religion." He shrugged.
Phorce knew he'd get an earful about knowing the enemy from the ally, but he could deal with that later. It had been a judgement call: as much for Shift's safety as for Ace's.