Edelgard's eyebrows twitch angrily. She'd almost resepct his tenacity and determination if it wasn't the for the fact that he has no perspective on this damn dragon issue. At least the blindness curse worked, so while Darin continues to make his demands, Edelgard gestures to the soldiers to move around Darin and reform behind him, in place of the dragon. It's not ideal, but he can't possibly hope to stop them all before the dragon arrives. At which point his naïve calls for peace will be as useless as he's been so far. Giving Darin as wide a berth as they can, the soldiers begin to follow her commands.

"But you are mistaken. It will cost me the lives of nearly every Fae in Celliwig. Clearly that means nothing to you, so I will not attempt to to persuade you further. If I must work around you, so be it but understand one thing. The dragon dies tonight and I do not care what you think about that, or what you think about me. My decision is made."

"It's almost on top of us!"

Edelgard nods, holding position. She raises her hand; to focus on the dragon, she'll have to drop the blindness curse on Darin. That's fine. With the other Blood Mages on hand, there's not much he can do. She stares him down regardless. "Blood Mages, wait for my mark. Soldiers, ready weapons."