{Seraph}
Outside the volcano, the waiting was absolutely killing them. Alia was about to lose her shit.
"This is so fucking stupid." She kicked a rock down the slope, watching it bounce and scatter smaller pebbles. "We should be in there helping her!"
"No." Seraph tried to make her voice as commanding as possible. If she was being honest, she was saying this as much to Alia as she was to herself. "We wait."
"But—"
"No buts." Seraph cracked one eye open. "Well, except yours. On the ground. Now."
Alia flopped down with what Seraph guessed was the most dramatic sigh she could manage.
"She could be getting her butt kicked in there right now."
"She's definitely getting her ass kicked. That's literally the whole plan."
"How is that supposed to make me feel better?!"
"Because the Flame wants to make her suffer. Can't suffer if you're a pile of ash." Seraph stretched her arms above her head.
