Sayo couldn't explain where the anger was coming from. Was she angry at Koh, Koh who was failing her parents' game and couldn't even hack her security files without getting caught? Was she angry at Newton for beating him up, for being so strange lately? Her father for being busy and her mother for being tired? Taiga and his wistful eyes? Herself?
There were so many reasons. But thinking about them was probably unimportant. What mattered was the threat to her current team. And at the moment, that was Koh. And Newton.
Okay, to be fair, that was also her.
She watched Newton's fingers twitch and winced. Well, she had gotten him very close to puncturing a lung. Her bunny hadn't popped it like a balloon, she could aim. But still, it should have gotten a scream of pain, some response of horror.
It did not. Newton merely pulled himself back to his feet, aimed at Koh again.
"Lekismon," she said softly.
The arrows, made of water and tears and pain, hit the dirt and Newton for a second time. Sayo darted in, grabbed Koh by the back of his jacket, and ran.
She pretended there weren't tears, like she wasn't betraying anyone. The only real rule in Tamer Union was to never leave a teammate when you could.
Even if it wasn't one of those times, it stung.