Pava's eyes blaze with a focused heat as they stare Audria down. "What was Gaekhen then, just another dead horser?" Each word is precise, bitten down to what they mean to say rather than the fury that surrounds it. "Leave off it, Duckling."
They rip their gaze away from Audria to stare much more comfortably at Theolan's mutilation. "Soldier Boy's right. This wasn't random, and either it's the Key-Lock Killer come again, or someone else who's gotten a lot of practice in faking it."
With an acid smile they add, "Want to hold onto your pigsticker until we track the bastard down at least?"
Elric blinks at Pava's outburst about Gaekhen, almost missing their follow-up remarks about the Key-Lock Killer.
When Shane speaks up, he turns to look at the tiefling, missing Audria's exit. As he realizes she is gone, he finds himself agreeing wholeheartedly with the wizard's remark about teamwork and support.
For a few seconds, he contemplates rushing after Audria, to hold her close and offer some small measure of consolation. But he realizes that that she needs time to process her grief. Instead, he faces Pava and glares at the insolent shoanti.
"You need to start taking your own advice and learn when it's time to leave it the f*&¤ off, Pava..." he snares, keeping his voice measured and cold.
"Gaekhen did not want to come back...You said so yourself. And every one of us here risked our lives to retrieve his body, spoke at his funeral, drank in his honor. We all shared in your grief, respected his memory. Meanwhile, I have not heard a single word of sympathy from you towards Audria when she's lost one of the few people to treat her with decency in the hell that's been her life."
"Instead, you choose to wallow in you own anger and self-loathing as usual. Ever notice how the only one to use derogatory language about the shoanti is...you?"
"I'm sorry for the injustices your people have suffered, but you need to direct that anger towards people who deserve it instead of a skinny girl who insists on being a force for good, no matter how much ugliness the universe hurls at her. Perhaps try to remember her name too."
He steps over to where Audria's fallen glaive lies and snaps it up into his hand with a swift flick of his boot, then holds it up so Pava can see their face reflected in the blade.
"You want to spit insults and disrespect at someone? I suggest you start with the person looking back at you in the mirror!"