Challenging the ladder

"Why am I doing this again?" Uriel muttered as he stood in the dark, waiting for the reflectors to be turned on.

"Look, you asked me for help and I'll do it. But you said it yourself, you're not my boss anymore. If you want me to do something for you, you need to do something for me." Phlox said as she rubbed Uriel's shoulders and back before his fight.

"Why can't you just sell the flux orbs for me and I'll pay you?" Uriel attempted one more time to get out of that situation, but Phlox quickly shut it down.

"This isn't about the money, that guy disrespected me as a woman and as a fighter. He humiliated me!"

"Yeah, but... what makes you think the same is not going to happen to me?"