[where the old Vanille would have been struck vulnerable by Fang's latest rebuttal, the one currently spurred on by her inhuman rage remains fierce, almost offended herself.]

Haven't you gotten it through your thick skull that I've been doing everything in my power to keep you safe? While you just keep going out on your own, thinking you could take down the gods the same way we took down the fal'Cie? It's not the same here, and seeing your corpse was proof!

[her wings flare up again, with a single, powerful flap, and she suddenly closes the distance between them and digs her claws into Fang's shoulder. they don't quite pierce her partner's skin, but the red marks they leave regardless will probably be visible for a couple of days. intense heat radiates off her skin and scales, her teeth viciously bared as she hisses,]

Do you realize how hard it was for me to leave you alone when you first came here? How damn difficult it was to deal with these feelings of... of wanting to protect you from how terrible this place is while wanting to crush your skull and eat you in the same second? I wanted to kill you, Fang, what do you think that's done to me?!