The Ringmaster looks at Rita and Syrlya as they speak, but she doesn't actually say anything in return. Instead, she just stares and bears her teeth more widely, her dragonish face far more difficult to read than her humanoid one. Her eyes are narrowed, like she's thinking.

Then, she takes a step closer to Ignatius, looming over him. Seeing this makes her very uncomfortable, but that doesn't change what she's going to do next.

"Ignatius," she says. "For what it's worth, I'm sorry about this."

Then, she opens her jaws and grabs him up into her mouth, ripping the chains free from the ground as he goes. She swallows him whole. He doesn't even get the chance to fight back.

She tilts her head back as she makes sure to keep him down, and then lifts her body, looking back to the two of them. She really doesn't seem happy.

"In her haste to flee, the Ringmaster moved the portal to the very edge of the coliseum, bidding her followers to leave while there was still time. They took the Nightrider's unconscious body with them, and made it back to the carnival grounds before she lost her patience."

Then, she growls, speaking plainly.

"If you want to fight this like a war, you should consider what the cost of insubordination is."

She turns and leaps for the newly opened portal, disappearing inside.