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"I never tell you the truth half the time, you like to exploit it. Besides, you were lying about sleeping around before you were ever doing it too. Yes I know the truth." Putting down one drink and ordering another he shook his head. "Oh the usual. Her upbringing totally stunts her from understanding what should be normal concepts and once she's freaked out, you know there's no point in trying to explain anything to her."

Shrugging his shoulders and setting his drink on the table. "Don't laugh, okay? Anyway, we get to Andal and it's the usual fluff cuddle stuff as always. Which don't get me wrong, I like. Well of course with things expected, she asks what we should do for fun and not even thinking about it, I suggest sex. We should both enjoy that now that we're married and no one can bother us about it anyway right? Right. Wrong. I kid you not, she looks as me like I'm some deviant and proceeds into one of her awkward things. You know where she goes all quiet and what not. It was a disaster. So I dropped the matter, haven't brought it up since. Things have been kind of awkward."

See she knew it! You brought the broken people and animal things downstairs and they got better! It was simple as that...and he didn't seem mad that she had decided upon this so that was a good thing yes? Yes! Holding her poor dead thing she let him carry her with no fuss, keeping herself still and not trying to listen for things going on.

Butt on solid something or other once more she let her hands play with one another so they wouldn't touch any of her father's things. Was never ever supposed to touch any of his things ever again. Granted that meant she was spreading blood between her hands not that she was catching that fact.

Big words went right over her head for a second...admittedly she lacked the foundation that her brothers had from her lack of ability to participate insuch things. She caught on quick though. A blink however as something was handed to her and she let little fingers feel it over while quite the studious look overcame clouded eyes. She knew this feeling! Sometimes she felt it at dinner! The surface was particular feeling as was the edging texture. "It's a bone!" Quite proud or herself, even if no one else was. "To..fix his broken things? Like a bandaid?"

"Wow indeed." This conversation he was sure would be awkward with anyone else but Zykariel. Though he was pleased that his friend wasn't going to rub it in this time. "Well, she knows she just...doesn't really get it at the same time. I mean think about who she was raised by and that whole fiasco. She's more sheltered than she lets off." Shrugging his shoulders he allowed himself a laugh, "Horses?"

Taking another sip of his drink gray eyes slid across the table to Zykariel and then stared at him. "Think about sex, think about how it's explained, and then think about it being a man and then think about how it looks being a woman. I think she would be particularly horrified more than she was in her lack of understanding. It's more of...well needs more of a womanly explanation I think."

Shrugging once more. "Oh don't get me wrong, we had a good time. Just sort of feels like we're in the same place we always were. Which isn't a bad place, just more juvenile I guess." Quieting before giving a grin. "I managed to teach her how to catch, clean and cook a fish while we were there. That was interesting." Leaning on the table though in the universal come close gesture. "Hey, don't tell my parents or anything though okay? Really is not a problem I want them stepping into."

"No. No they don't." And men were stupid to think otherwise. He knew that much...mostly from Zykariel's leading examples of things done wrong and the consequences for them. His friend also pretty much just summed it all up and he gave a nod to it. "Basically." Grinning then across the table before picking up his drink once more. "Am I being obvious again that such things are getting to me?"

And yet another shrug from him, his commonplace action when he was off kilter. "Not that I noticed when we unpacked. Knowing her if your sisters did give her something like that, she hid it under a mattress somewhere as soon as she was alone. Whoa hold on there...no offense but when it come to sex, Lyssie is like you. Would you really want to talk to someone about it all with knowing your ways?"

Crinkling his nose. "I don't even know how you think of your sisters doing that. I can't even imagine my sister ever in that type of situation." Granted his sister was still a child and it was a moot point, but still.

"Yes, but you're a true deviant and I'm not. You enjoy being one too." Shaking his head as Zykariel explained the advantage that he gained from eavesdropping on converstions probably never intended for him whether he meant to or not. "Find me someone to talk to her who's not going to scar her for life." Sitting back on his side of the booth at his friends question to which he only gave a whistle to. "Too many to count. Which makes it even more awkward. She does those things that you can't help but let your mind get going on and then you know stupid body wants to follow the train of thought and then comes the awkaward."

"Very astute...but dad uses it for other things too. think a moment...see if you can remember anything you might have seen before your accident that dad used bones for."

before quiet discussion with the necromancers, and giing a nod and handing it over for their needs in the experiement. if it worked, they were going to try to teach his daughter some necromantic tricks, and see if it worked.

Travel for Delta took longer than her mother, since she did not have the luxury of a flying dragon. Not even beloved three-headed dog Deidrich was there to guide her, having died during an uprising five years ago. A mob, believing the Oracle was evil and planning to bring down the city, had caught the already old familiar and beat him to death before descending on the manor itself.

Now she was in a carriage driven by lizards, taking the road south of Honoursfeild that would curl around and head north towards towards the Twilight lands. A young dog, boxy like a Great Dane and dark like coal, curled up at her side ready to be her eyes.

She was sure the moment they took the fork in the road and stepped onto Twilight territory, her presence would be known.

Aella stood on a rooftop, looking down over Honoursfeild. Mask over her face, silks now grey and black instead of her once vibrant purples and blues. People had become cautions now of anything that might prove valuable on the surface, leading them to 'thief proof' homes and shops.

It just gave Onyx and herself more to do, and Aella did not mind the challenge. "Why haven't these people moved to their precious surface world yet? They chit and chat about it like it's god's own garden, but never make a move."

"Because there's safety here. while the garden of eden may have been glorious...it still had it's snake. humans have always feared the unknown, and they always look for the worm before trying the apple."

Onyx landed lightly beside her, and kneeled down a bit. folding his wings down some.

"Our target has decided the safest place for our prize is on his person. he has a replica however under lock and guard. highly expensive replica. only way I could tell was the one of the blue stones as a few shades to light."


"He had to show the real one to a potential buyer I set up. I'm not sure of his personal security though. he rotates his home staff every three hours, and hires/fires new ones every other day. beyond that I got no idea."


"Very good. Dad is trying to find a way to fix your eyes. but it might mean you have to learn that sort of magic to use it. Do you think you could do that?"

some clapping got his attention, as they knew not to yell or anything when his daughter was present as not to scare her.

"See if you can make that piece of bone turn into something, I'll be only ten feet away if you need me."

walking over toward on of the necromancers.

"It worked?"

"Yes. the draithix is like a living necromantic battery. it sustains itself by drawing on the inherent life and energy around it. so pests like flies, and mosquitos, that may be draw to the 'dead' flesh are turned into life sources for it."

"what about interaction with others. this won't work if it puts off people or other animals."

"It's flesh is warm, and it's acting like any draithix does. in fact upon revival it jumped on and licked the one closest and then roamed around the table sniffing at everything and tried to jump toward your daughter when it noticed her. we caught it of course but its acting as a normal animal."

"wonderful. now start working on the sight transfers with it, and keep an eye on any aberant behavior. also see if it will eat. we know it works between humanoids. but she'll never be able to sustain that kind of stress for too long. a smaller animal with less pulls on her will be easier. and we need to work on refining it so it isn't so stressful on us, either. we could only keep it solid for a few scant minutes. this is something that needs to last hours at the least, days or weeks if need be."