Estella wasn't an idiot. Despite preferring fire herself, she knew damn well what a water rune could do to her. And she knew that this Jewel was yet another Sword and Spell water runer who specialized in wrecking mages, just like Beecham, Kyle, Sigurd and others. No, far better for her to just stay home and enjoy some nice wine then embarrass herself by trying to fight against Silent Lake.
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Jewel stared at her "opponent". She was supposed to be fighting some awesome mage, but instead here was a dorky kid with a broom? What was that all about? Looking over to the judge's table, she just got a shrug and a thumbs up from Tir. Apperently she was in fact supposed to be fighting this kid.
Thirty seconds later, Jewel was using her water rune to pick Rody back up off the ground and wondering why he never actually attacked her.
Though even that was nowhere near as confusing as why Estella would pass up the chance to fight one of the few water rune users incapable of casting Silent Lake...
