"Reassert yourself," Arha hissed as the flame bit into her upraised arm and promptly slammed her sideways. She gritted her teeth as pain exploded through the right side of her body and kept talking even as black spots danced in front of her eyes. "Whatever you saw. It was not real, but I am. You must focus. Focus on my voice. Wherever you were, such was not a real thing. You know this."

She didn't look away from Nanoha's eyes, but kept her own locked on hers. Arha pushed herself up stubbornly. She would not stay down.

"Look around you! Look at this place. Do you not see what is happening? You are not stupid. See such with your own eyes, see the truth before the lies, the nightmares, destroy you."