[Ohhh, so now you don't trust me? Wow. Just wow, Host.] The sarcasm practically dripped from every syllable. [I haven't even been that bad to you. And let's be honest here.. you would be absolutely nothing without me. Just so you know.]
"Oh really?" he muttered internally, his teeth sinking into Maria's wrist as the ritual continued to circulate through his veins and hers, dark mana flowing like a slow-burning river between them. "Because personally I think I might've been better off without you."
His crimson eyes remained focused downward while the ritual formation glowed faintly around the counter.
"Actually," he continued coldly in his head, "even with you around all I've gotten is one disaster after another."
He swallowed the blood slowly, the ritual continuing to stabilize Maria's body while he maintained the flow.
