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She gave Malikhai a long look...and a slight smile.

"If you'd care to put me to a test, then perhaps that can be arranged as a teaching tool to show my young apprentice what necromancy is capable of."

before turning her eyes to said student.

"You have been able to to parts of the lifetap spell seperately. you've inflicted pain on one brother, and siphoned energy from the other. with the lifetap, we combine these two part into a whole. you inflict pain, adn through that connection, siphon the lifegiving energy form your opponent. it's also an effective healing method. as any injuries you sustain, you transfer to your enemy while healing yourself."

Tapping her finger on her chin a moment.

"Allow me to demonstrate, as well as let you feel the disconnection of losing your minion, which is not painful, but it gives you a sense of when one has been defeated and thus destroyed. watch me carefully, and note the difference in the life energy when I am injured."

drawing her dagger and slicing open her palm, from finger to wrist, and letting it bleed a little for her student's knowledge, before lifting her other hand and the tint of gren before the siphon of the energies sustaining the pet flow from it to her, the injury healing on her hand and the skeleton collapsing into dust and a bonechip.

She gave her new student a moment, watching her before speaking.

"I would like you to practice on these two things. the summoning of a minion, and the usage of lifetaping. to practice both together, summon a minion and then use your lipetapping to drain it and replenish yourself. and to dismiss a pet, all you must do is sever the energy between you and it. it will revert to it original form, a chip of bone. That is all that I will teach you today, you may practice now on your own."

walking over and handing her a little bag.

"these will be your practice minions. there is a variety of choice, from humaniods, to anthromorphic to animal. use them as you please to learn your talents. if you need more, I'm sure your father or myself can get you some."

Glancing at his oldest son.

"See, nothing harmful, no problems at all."

patting his daughter on the head lightly and giving a nod to the necromancer who returned it and went back to do her own, in her eyes, more important things.

and then it was a look up to the wife, and picking his daughter up and carrying her over there to her mother.

"Seem nothing overly stressful. Like I promised."

That got piper the 'you did that on purpose' look, before setting her down on the sand again.

"alright go ahead and practice some until your tired."

or get bored, whichever came first.

He was half watching her while looking at his wife.

"Yes I know on both counts. But you didn't ahve to make her all squirmy and beggy in my arms you know. coudl have waited till I put her down first."

"difference being if they squirmed enough that I lost my hold, they were able to cover themselves effectively, or land relatively on their feet. she can't."

leaning up against the seating and watching his daughter.

"You have to take into account that while she may do what children do, she's blind. which means some things other kids can bounce back from or take minimal injury from are much worse on her. Another reason to teach her these arts, that she seems to have taken to quite well."

Kaelin had been sitting by, quietly sketching, although she was listening still. And she'd taken in everything. A quick intake of breath as the woman sliced herself and again when the orc appeared. That was...way different. But she was busy coloring in the shadows on Savryn's pensive little face. Smudging gently, she grinned at her husband as he stood up for his little sister. She was so proud of him in that moment and kept her eyes on the pair down in the arena. "He'd make a good father, wouldn't he?" Asked to the air more or less.

Faate chuckled. "Basically, though you shouldn't call such an exalted form of magic 'squiggles.' " It was intriguing to see how her brother was interacting with this new woman and how she was adjusting to their family. "Best in your Guild, hm? You were always throwing things as a kid. I guess you managed to turn that into a talent."

Kelli flushed though no one could tell and he merely shook his head. "Why do you have to say things like that?" Glaring at his sister for a moment and then back to Tihirri. "Don't listen to any of them. They have no idea what they're talking about."

Zahara merely chuckled herself and doused her own pancakes in syrup then reached beneath the table and squeezed her husband's knee affectionately. It was so lovely to see her boy home again and with someone new, too. Despite the fact that she was a surface elf which she knew her Sevilin wasn't thrilled about. It was good to be there for him and let him know it was okay to feel that way.