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All hesitation had been lost, and Saradin faced Eclipse readily. The skin of his arm tightened to steel strength even as it seemed to spread up his fangs and move into Eclipse's throat, driving those same spikes into his mouth as they had raked Aurah's hand. Even worse, he rammed the knife he held into the joint between Eclipse's wing and left it there as he fell back under the wolf's weight. "We met like this... fitting." He hit the ground with a heavy thud but already lifted his leg up and kicked at Eclipse's chest to throw him off. Then his legs swept around beneath him and he was on his knees watching for the next moment to attack.

The knife, a mistake of Aurah's. It was as much a part of him as his own flesh and sprung to life in her hand. The entire hilt of the weapon burst, sending slivers of black pain stabbing clear throught the hand that gripped around it. The knife caught Saradin right in the shoulder as expected, he hadnt even moved, and even stuck in him he ignored it. Instead he readied again for the next lunge of Eclipse, his back of his human hand split open and something like a solid block of shadowstuff took shape, his makeshift shield. Eclipse slammed into the blockade, Saradin still unfeeling of any damage done to himself as the knife fell from his shoulder when his arm stretched and swung down heavily, slamming Eclipse with a balled fist from the demon-like arm. Then he pushed back, putting all his strength against Eclipse, feet skidding on the smooth marble as he saught to pin the wolf back.

He was more than confused by the dragon, but shrugged it off, following behind with a look of utter amusement at the female's misery from her stomach ache. Sure, he could kill with mystically infused disease, if the ancestors deemed to assist him. But he'd rather not now. there were times when death would ease pain, and this was one. he coudl now be the thorn in her side, and make sure she never forgot what she did. He moved behind the dragon in human guise, not seeming to pay the maoning and miserable female much mind.

"You said drinks? does the dragon speak of body liquids, like sweet blood? or that human fire they call achohol?"

Eclipse picked himself up from the floor, working his jaw again, and standing on wobbly legs, one raised from the ground to keep weight off of it. A few barks went off then he snorted and raised his eyes to Saradin. He looked as if he wanted to cry. "What's wrong Saradin Phoenix...what makes you run? The child?"

On the other side of the wall, small fists pounded and a little growling noise could be heard echoing on the walls softly. "Daddy! Saradin Phoenix!" Her ears pinned back in frustration and she pounded all the more furiously.

She was stuck on what to do. Either she could drag Ecara away now, or force her through the wall and send her over to Eclipse, then follow. She grabbed Ecara with her good hand and yanked her away from the wall.

Cymarron kept silent, keeping at a pace by the Dragon, and just for his own petty amusement, extended the claws on one of his hands, and gave the winged women and good hard slap on the rear, making sure to get those claws in.

"Aw, the winged female is having a nasty tummy ache? Perhaps Cymarron could be of some assistance...?"

He gave his most sarcastic, fanged smile, keeping on teh other side of the obviously older dragon. However something told him everything was not right. but for the moment he shrugged it off as paranoia from being at full hunting mode, and picking up on nuances that seemed like things bigger than they were.

Idalla yiped angrily at the clawed hand slapping her rather rudely. "You son of a..." She started as she began to push off of Calcryx's shoulder, but stopped suddenly as she grabbe her mouth and fell forward whining. "Im going to make you pay for this."

"Who's paying for what in the when?"
"Clueless moron... You couldnt squish him..."
"Not that again. Hes a guest, and so are we. It wouldnt be polite." Calcyrx turned and looked rather blankly at Cymarron, "Alcohol. Exactly what the doctor prescirbes for solving any of lifes small problems... But it also makes big ones bigger... Hmm."
"Just count me out... please?"
"No dice."

"Pity is that weve come to this at all. Do you even listen to yourself in these situations? All compasion gone and only anger in dominion of you, it will only lead to your destruction!" For the first time today, Saradin's voice raised in timbre as he met the sword to block it with his own, parrying the blade and skidding them both apart before grabbing the mock soulforge in his inhuman claw, squeezing his hand around the blade and watching the blood drip out as he forced the weapon down to the ground.

A small hand laid itself atop Saradin's even as it dripped blood and held the blade. Little ears twitched as a look was given to Eclipse. "No daddy." Then the look of dual colored eyes was turned on Saradin himself. "No Saradin Phoenix."

Eclipse gritted his teeth and snarled. "Move Ecara!" First time he yelled at her and almost he regretted it as she flinched. His hands gripped at the hilt of the forced down sword, wanting to rise it up from under the grip that held it down.

Aura stood off to the side a few feet. "She's stubborn...like me." The point of holding the little one was rather useless and Aura had in essence been made to bring the girl to the dueling duo. Seemed Ecara was kicking in.