continually pacing, with nonchalant embracing

A betrayal's a betrayal, isn't it?

Luxaar shouldn't have been surprised, sure, and even Elma knew more than she'd, obviously, let on, but Lin...

Lin didn't know. She's just a kid. Damn it, she's just a kid.

But she's gotta fight. She has the chance to, anyway. Forget that she shouldn't have to - she CAN.

That actually is a choice BLADEs have here, elite or not.

Good thing the protoplasm already ripped his face off and seared away his brains. The gap between him and the end is closing, closing, closing...

No way she isn't getting out of here alive.