Arha was flung backward and skidded hard into the wall with a breathless grunt. She wasted no time getting back up again, using the Force to steady her. They didn't need to be fighting each other, not now. But that was what the King of Nightmares wished. Confusion. Disarray.

"You must reassert control," she snapped and moved forward once again, her hand on Nanoha's staff and her feet planted. She was dimly aware that she ached, but it didn't matter. "You have the strength in you to do so." Arha was sure of that, as sure as she could be and she leaned forward, locking her eyes with Nanoha's.

"Find it," she said, her blue-within-blue eyes intense.