Amazon frowned miserably. She wanted to say no, she wanted to be that mature, strong little lizard she thought she was, but Tenzin's offer was too good. And Pride seemingly cared little for it. She wanted to tell him that it was something, that throwing away his health for her was absolutely something important. But she knew him enough to know that he would do so anyways. After all, he was Pride and the way Envy spoke about him, he would die for her, despite their short relationship.

Finally, after a stretched moment of silence, she squeaked. "If...if you're sure Pride. I'm in your dept, forever. I don't know how I'll ever thank you for this." She looked up towards Tenzin and nodded. "Okay...I'll do it."

Amazon was also worried that it would hurt, for both of them. Of course, she was much more worried for Pride, as he was the one giving up his health for her to live longer. She closed her eyes and stepped forward, waiting for it to be over.

But she couldn't help but open them again at the sound of Pride's cry. She looked over, fear and worry clouding her gaze and she stepped forward, as if she could do something to help him. But then a feeling, a wonderful feeling of strength began to flow into her body. The pain that plagued the skin around her gem was receding. The headache was fading away. The weakness in her limbs that she had thought were now just normalcy was being replaced by strength she hadn't known for cycles.

She felt good.

Even after the spell was ended, Amazon couldn't move, her entire body shocked at how normal she felt, how awake and alive she was. In that moment she didn't care that Pride would suffer, that he was suffering right then, next to her. She had suffered for cycles and now...now she was free.

If a lizard could cry they would be flowing endlessly from her eyes. Instead, her entire, tiny body shivered with such powerful emotions that she could barely contain it all. She looked over as Pride asked her and all she could manage was a joyful squeak.

Amazon finally managed to regain her voice as Pride thanked the phoenix. "Y-yes," she chirped. "I feel...I feel good." No, that wasn't the right word to describe it. She didn't feel good. She felt like she could run through the whole caves. She felt so free that she could spread wings and fly, so light that she would just float to the ceiling without a care in the world.

As she noticed all of these things a goofy grin spread across her face. "I feel amazing." And even her voice sounded healthier. Where once there was a sort of hoarseness, a tiredness, it was all smooth and confident now. She stepped up towards the phoenix and tried to bow against but, unfortunately, Pride's strength did not make her any taller so it was more a small dip of the head. "Thank you...Tenzin, truly. Thank you."

And now she turned to Pride, who she noticed was quite sick. Her elation died away and she stepped forward, rearing up to place her front claws on Pride's leg. "And thank you, Pride...I don't know how I'll ever thank you for this. I don't know...what I did to deserve this..." Her voice began to shiver as emotions wracked her once again. There was a lump in the back of her throat as she tried to continue speaking but she couldn't.

It wasn't lost on her that Pride was now sick. Perhaps not as sick as she was, but still, he had weakened himself for her. For a second, a short, horrible second, she felt a flash of satisfaction that somebody else was experiencing the same pain and torment she had endured for many a cycle. But it was gone and she felt all the more guilty knowing she had thought something so horrible.

"Do you need to get back to Orion? Or do you need to rest here for a moment. I could get you something or find a place to stay for a little bit while you get used to...it?"

Amazon hesitated. What were her plans? She had wanted to explore the caves, of course, as fast as she could. She wanted to see as much as she could and now that she was strong again, she had more drive to explore. And Envy had told her that they would take her to see everything.

But looking at Pride now, she felt a wave of guilt wash over her. Was she just going to run off for a cycle and leave him to be sick? Take his health and run off with it? That wasn't right. That wasn't just. But to not go out and use what time she had, it seemed like a waste of his sacrifice. She was so conflicted that she said nothing for some time.

"I...I wanted to see everything the caves had. I wanted to explore as much as I could but...I don't want to leave you like this and I don't want to force you to carry me around in your state. I'll happily stay with you as long as you need to recover enough to go home but, if it isn't too much trouble, I'd like to at least have a look at Pisces while I'm waiting. I don't want to waste the time I have."