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A pair of eyes focused on the appearance of the woman as she materialised into being before him. Through the delicate leaves they watched, beneath the blackened brim. The owner had been here for almost a week, never moving from the spot, ever watchful of the people coming and going. He had first set his eyes on the delicious figure before him some time ago, she drew his attention. Surely she had the form that would draw the attention of most warm blooded men, but to him, he saw more. He had pierced the veil of he outer emotions and saw the ones that ran deep inside her. From a mere glance he swam through her inner being and found something of intrigue, and it was not often one would hold his attention without a arrow pointed in their direction.

He sat still, admiring how she held herself, even in the situation. She needed guidance, there was something far greater in her, wishing to come out, and he would help it along. He gazed quietly at her forehead, and then deep with in her mind, finding what he was after, the way in to see her. On home ground she may listen to him a little better. His hand lifted up quickly and caught a moth fluttering by, it had been a while since he had eaten. His palm opened and the moth turned to dust and drifted off in the wind, that would do him for a few days. With a smile he disappeared into the void, his realm and home. From there it was to the village, and to deal with the one on her return.

He was there, waiting in the viel between worlds for her to return. He had slipped pass the protections with the new found key, better than his alternative, to set off every protection. She had noticed his original intrusion, an intresting fact to take in, she brought him many pleasantries as he learned more of her.

She had a serpent with her, a pet of somekind he imagined. He circled around her and the animal slowly, inches from her being. His nible fingers tempted to course their way across her skin, but he held at bay. He could almost sup at the edginess about her, it was understandable though, he was an unknown, and you always fear the unknown.

He paused behind her, it was where the gateway lay. Slowly her shadow took the form of a more broader person, a male. It grew a cloak and a wide brim hat, and finally the eyes apeared. The pools of green, a window into insanity to most that dare stare to much. He rose up behind her, unearthly silent, even the ellusive sixth sense would be unaware. His lips parted, letting out a chilling but also somewhat alluring voice.

" We have much to discuss"

He watched how she reacted, of course he hand went for a weapon, even if she tried to hide it. She showed hardly any fear in her eyes, something he admired.

" There is no need for that... I am unarmed"

He spoke in a way that was very belivable, his voice seemed to affect the mind strangely. He tongue though was deft at conjuering lies, for his appearance was partly illusion, and he was more armed than most he's ever known. He needed her trust, but it did not mean he trusted her. He trusted only one person, but that was for her to be an annoyance.

"I know plans are on your mind, true?.. yesss, I believe I will be of good service to your needs"

The room felt as in it were moving about them, the shadows tilted and twisted. There was no wind and yet his cloak flickered in her direction, even his own shadow, in which he had two of, where at her feet, and not at the angle the light was shining at.

The girl was indeed talented, he wished for her to greater harness her capability, but he had no reason to. He folded his arms across an athletic chest and looked her over once more, admiring the view so to speek.

" I know what you wish to do in some small time from now, though it wasn't your mind that told me this. People are like books, you just need to know how to decipher the text."

With that, a shoulder belt, a bandilier emereged from his shirt as if it were made of tar. A row of vials, all glass and corked, and a mixture of colours adorned the belt. He slowly grasped one with a black liquid inside and pulled it out. He held it out to her with an open palm.

" Think now if you've ever known the tale of lust and love and woe, particualarly the end part you must not forget, of the lovers Romeo and Juliet"

He smirked, somewhat amused at the reference in which to discribe the liquid inside.

" The more you drink, the more you sleep, but you will not usher a breath, or bring warmth from you closeness. To all you know.. you will be gone"

A very good question, why should he help her. Truth be told he wasn't entirely sure, and that was very odd for him. But he felt there was more for her to seep into, she was touched by the void. It was a like a moth to a flame, a strange attraction that he sought her out, perhaps in time she would fill some use to him later.

" You have the potential to be better than you are, you've only touched the surface."

With that his eyes glowed some what and the world around them was incase in the deepest pitch of black, every light was swallowed by creeping shadows like Fenir swallowing the sun.

" Emotions are a funny thing, but in the end, not of use for anything. I feel if you let loose the attachments that hold you back, you could be a far greater thing"

It took only a blink of an eye and the room appeared like it once was, like nothing had changed at all. With that, he stepped by her, less than an inch away. The air seemed to buzz and chill around him, and he simply slipped into a seat, and folded a leg over the other, balancing the vial on it's rounded bottom on the table.

Such a child to the world still, she was young and had much to learn in his eyes. She had been wounded and still clung to the thing the cut her deeply. She had every right not to trust him, he never trusted anyone either. He played at the vial, spinning it on it's base with a finger and no thought about it.

" You have it in you to be a master of the dark, if you do what it is you need to do"

He ran a finger across the brim of his hat, and adjusted it slightly with a tip of his head. When he looked up, he looked her over once more, drawing her in, then resting upon her serpent friend. It was a grand creature, quick, agile, deadly. He felt a somewhat kinship with them.He gave the serpent an all knowing wink with a scarred eye and smiled lightly to himself.

" I know alot of the people i'm interested in, I make it my job to know. Knowledge can change a situation in your favour.... or help you see the desires of others. It can also tell you what someone may appear beneath their shell, beneath their emothions and lies, and beneath their clothing if you wish it"

He rested an elbow on the table and his chin in his fingers as he carefully looked her over. She wondered what was in it for her?, he smirked, the fact was she was the one that had everything to gain.

"I know you want this done, I'm just giving a hand. You get yourself what you need to leave your old life behind, take off the shackles that bind you now and let the one you care about go"

He looked her up and down slowly, he was always studying and watching closely.

" Creepy as it may sound, there are reasons for it, be it voyuer in nature"

He gave a devilish smile through the mask that he wore. He looked at her face as she gaped, smiling still as the serpent made it's way towards him. He reached out and caressed the colourful creature along it's body, as if admiring and petting at the same time. He was not afraid of it attacking, he had no reason to.

" Everyone is curious from time to time, even snakes"