"I give you every opportunity to fight me, to beat me, and this is what you do with it?" Northern looked down at the captain, arms folded loosely across his chest. "Throw fires that don't burn my way?"
He scoffed. "You want to burn away my essence and stamina, is that it?" Northern smiled wryly at him. "Are you prepared to be at this for a couple of days? Because let me tell you something, aside from the fact that I can easily dispel your mark on me, I can also continue to fight you at great cost of my essence and stamina and still not be depleted after a full day."
He tilted his head, studying the captain the way one might study an insect pinned to a board. "But truth be told, I do not, sincerely, I truly do not need half my strength to take care of you."
He stood straight, looking at the man with a blank expression.
