Sherry's attention did fall to Akio, perhaps not because of his appearance, but because she had been momentarily surprised by the action, it was a little difficult under these circumstances to fall for good looks, especially given the circumstances, but his words did reach her. She swallowed briefly and nodded, though still terrified and confused. The reaffirming words of the elf mad he stare back at the scene, eyes especially on Inarael.
She had taken to the defensive, evading attacks and fluidly running around the field, trying to spy an opening where she could take the beast down. With so much of its attention focused on her, it could do nothing towards Akio and the girl, it certainly had no time to be feeding off her. Akio spoke again and the girl heard him, nodding towards him, she shook less, instead turning her eyes to the scene again, watching the elf and praying.

The prayers formed around her, taking the light of an aura, a strange thing she had never seen before, it was a portrayal of the inside of her mind after all, but few knew how effective a prayer could be. A belief in something, the spiritual energy of faith as it flowed around her. In light of this, a similar energy surrounded Inarael and she seemed to stop dead as the beast launched its jaws towards her again. She didn't budge, not even as it bore down on her. Instead she spread her hands swiftly, rapier vanishing form her grip and reforming around her hands like a pair of gauntlets. She caught the maw of the devourer by its teeth and held it in place for a brief second before she twisted and slammed the head down into the ground.

The unexpected response stunned the creature, it stumbled back, dazed as Inarael crouched briefly before leaping high into the air. The gauntlets changed form, this time gathering in her left hand as a spear of light. The energy continued to form and gather until it was large and long enough that it looked great enough to pierce this creature too. With a fling of her arm; it sailed down swiftly like an arrow leaping from a bow string and impaled the beast, pinning it to the ground. It was allowed one last unearthly wail before it's body gave out, slumping, head still shifting and twitching.
Inarael landed by its head and thrust her hand immediately into the skull of the beast. It broke apart, piece by piece, but unlike the others it did not simply scatter, it instead flowed as long reams of shadow towards her arm, sinking in and leaving behind strange colors in its wake. The more of the creature was absorbed, the more the darkness of the world around them began to lift. the thorny brambles began to wither and perish as rotted wooden fences began to mend themselves. The swirling, cloud-darkened skies began to come to life with a vibrant blue hue.

The darkened grass below the beaten creature's disappearing body seemed to crack and split, giving way to verdant green grass that overtook it swiftly and, with a flash, the world soon settled. No more darkness or shadows, no more creatures, only the last wisps of the devourer being most-ironically consumed by the elf. The golden spear in front of her dissipated, leaving only her standing at the center of the field, staring quietly into the distance, almost as if ruminating over something, her thoughts delving inwards, to catch what information she could form the creature as it was broken apart inside her, torn asunder by her gift.

Sherry watched the entire scene with awe, mouth falling open a few times but each time it simply shut. With the beast gone, her trembling stopped, in fact the girl had color to her face and a broad smile that seemed akin to the elf's own.
Inarael turned tot he two with a smile of her own, staring at Sherry,
"No more bad dreams. But it's time to wake up now. Okay?" She stated simply, her words carrying across the distance quite well, the girl nodded in response and staring towards Akio as well,
"Thank you." She stated with a grin. The distant edges of the world were beginning to disappear. The dreams were vanishing. The girl would be waking up soon.