Nox knew being rude to them was not going to work. He looked at their faces and saw nothing but stubborn resolve. 'This isn't working,' he thought, 'yelling at them is like yelling at a brick wall.' Kendra was still talking, her hands on her hips as her voice got louder.
"So you're just gonna walk off? After everything we did? What about the party, huh?"
He needed a new plan. He had to get them to stay put without another big fight. He couldn't just tell them they were weak, because that would just make Kendra want to prove him wrong.
'Okay, think. What do they want to hear?' He remembered what Auraelia's message had said about them trusting him. He had to use that.
He held up a hand. Kendra actually stopped talking, surprised by the gesture. "It's not that I'm ditching you," he started, his voice was different now, more serious. "It's the opposite, actually."
Kendra squinted at him. "The opposite? What's that supposed to mean?"
