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- Oh my -, L'Arachel said, - … Yes, she's the right one -.

- Marisa! -, she called then, trotting towards the myrmidon, - I need your full attention! -.

- What is it? -, Marisa asked.

- Even as we're talking you're still fighting with such grace, such power! Nothing can stop you -, L'Arachel declared as Marisa continued to hit enemies left and right.

- So? -, Marisa pressed, - What do you want? -.

- I am about to make you an offer that you couldn't possibly refuse -, L'Arachel replied, before clearing her throat in a weird theatrical way.

- I've decided that your talents are wasted for a mere mercenary band, and I'd like to give you the honour of working for me and help me in my holy quest of brining the holy light to every land -.

- No -.

- I'm so glad to have you… What?! -, L'Arachel exclaimed.

- I won't join you in your holy quest -, Marisa said.

- You would prefer keep living as a mercenary? Being my retainer would offer so many vantages -.

- Don't need 'em -.

- You would be graced by my presence, you would be admitted at court -, L'Arachel insisted, - Bards will sing songs about you and your deeds -.

- I don't care -.

- Is this a payment matter? We're on a holy quest, that's way more important than something as vulgar as money -.

- It's not about money -, Marisa said, then she added - Reinforcements are coming ahead, we should stop this -.

Without even saying anything else, Marisa wandered off.

- She's so fast, and stubborn -, L'Arachel commented.

- But no matter what, she will be mine -.

Author's notes: blame my sister for this

Disclaimer: before Americans start to nag me about it, yes, I use hyphens for dialogues and quotation marks for thoughts. Why? Because this is how we do in Italy, the country I'm from (actually there's more freedom in Italy but this is how people usually write).

Am I going to change this one day? Absolutely not. This is how I'm used to write and I don't want to change it. If I have to go through hundreds and hundreds of fanfictions where I see quotation marks used for dialogues – something I'm not used to at all – I'm sure you can all go through one story where the style is different without having to point it out every, single, time. Thank you.