[i]If Vance could see Victoria's facial expression at the moment - well, he could see the despair in her eyes, and would probably realize why she looked the way that she did. First she had gunned down a man that wished to save what looked to be a lover - now she would be facing against a mere teenager?[/i] [i]This wasn't right. At least, not to her. Yet she would carry on.[/i] [i]The Palatine kept her firearm raised, although her intention was to bash it into the face of the first one that attacked, assuming that she would even have the ability of seeing them. She was more concerned about Vance, anyway. [/i]