[The Mercenary]

Cantata grunts as Fayyaad thrashes to break out of the scarf's hold on her. Irritation flares - is this stupid man trying to force her to kill him instead? Stumbling backwards as the tiefling yanks his feet up and briefly forces her to support all his weight, the mute attempts another forceful strike into the back of his leg with a determined growl.

Retaliation blinds her to the smoke before it swells upward and chokes her sight and lungs, forcing her eyes shut and triggering a fit of coughing. It earns Fayyaad a bit of slack before Cantata wraps the fabric tighter around her pale fists and she attempts to exert empathic influence, tempering his panic with calm and acceptance... but the stinging smoke ruins the woman's focus. If her powers affect him, it will only be in brief and sporadic spikes.