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A gush of blood spewed out from Aella's shoulder, she gasped and grasped at it. Devil magic doesn't heal well.

"Promises, promises," she purred menacingly. Roughly, she dragged the half-elf girl in front of her, one clawed hand aorund her neck, the other close tot he open wound on her shoulder. She licked some of the blood.

Kafele clicked her nails on the wooden floor. "I wouldn't mind." Said with a reluctant air. Her anils had dulled from lack of use these past four years. The skies had been dreadfully dull. She held out a foot, and let Kora get to work.

Kalam had climbed the tall stall door and lay dangling from his arms, watching. If this young elf girl could handle Kafele's temper, maybe he could speak to owan about showering her the rookery. They hadn't had a new recruit since they had rescured Demmerage from a sinking ship.

After getting her nails done, and feeling very good about that, Kafele instructed Kora on how to scrub down the scales, moisterize the wing membrane, comb out the thin spikes that covered the base pf her neck, chin, and cheek. Overall, she got a good going over.

Muscles twitched involuntarily under his skin at her light touches, reacting to the feeling rather just ignoring it. He sucked in a breath, letting it out lightly in the form of a rather content sigh. But he let his head tilt down some, seeing as her head was on his chest and he was trying to look at her somewhat. "If you want to stay here longer, then you can. I know you'd worry about Piper." The healer in her, it was cute sometimes. Though that was an odd little question then and he raised an eyebrow, leaning his head back against the pillows again. "Arthur always seems off in his fighting to me. What kind of off do you mean?"

Again still not impressed. "Daddy says necromancy is magic of life and death and that it's not all bad." Even if he didn't like it any more than Arthur did but he was still a toddler, who knew. A look to his friend. "My daddy can talk to souls." Thus putting his hand out, letting them grow green a moment with energy before placing them near the ice chunks, making them move a little and such. "See, I can do it too."

Arthur smiled a little bit and chuckled. "Yeah Sevilin's teleportation spell, it's pretty handy for him, sometimes I wish I could learn it but I'm happy with what I got going for now." He said as he rested back against his bed. Though a look at the blue drow and he smiled a little bit. "Yeah I don't mind Malik's necromancy...it's just not for me to learn." He didn't mind it, it was magic after all but he saw some of the things that come out of it, surely not for him. Though he had to grin again when he saw that Malikhai can move the ice. "Yup that's a good thing, at least you can control the elements when the time comes, but you should learn how to do so first." But he could tell that the boy wasn't impressed with his skill, oh well he tried really. "So what did you guys learn today again? I watched you and both of you seemed really happy while down there."

Arthur shook his head a little. "The reason why I ask is because I want to see what your views were on it, both of you were having such a good time and your views are different from mine you know." Kids, they sometimes bugged him a little, always with the questions and whatnot. "Though trust me my memory is as good as yours." Another smile to that and he chuckled at little Z's correction and nodded to him before looking at Malikhai and again nodded. "Well then if that's the way things are going to go then that's okay, though it's nice to see that you will be following in your dad's footsteps, you'll make him proud." Yeah he could see these kids growing into fine examples of their parents, they got a lot to experience though that's for sure. Though his ears twitched as he believed he heard someone coming down the hallway, maybe it's Piper who knows?

Arthur blinked a few tiomes and shook his head, childeren they are like this all the tim huh? Can give you a whole story about one thing they saw but when it comes to something like a lesson they would give you a simple one word answer. Though his ears twitched when he heard knocking and he knew then it was Piper before she opened the door, but when he saw her look he gave a shrug and a small smile before he was able to relax. But he kept quiet as the older elf soke to the two boys, well he knew Piper would make a good mom and he was right, though once the little guys left it was jsut him and Piper in the room; though there was a pause to her comment as Arthur got up and saiod to the serf that she could go before turning back to her. "Hey it's not a problem, tried to show off my magic but it didn't impress them at all." A small chuckle to that as he wandered over to his closet and pulled out a shirt, though as he started to put it on he had to ask. "So what's your thoughts on me wanting to go to Andal?"

Arthur sighed as he slipped the shirt over his head, then soon enough his arms went through the sleeves and it was on; though he looked at Piper for a second, not in a bad look just a calm look of sorts, before he decided to speak. "I know it's going to be though up there Piper, even just leaving this plane and heading into theirs will affect me a lot. Other than that all I have to worry about what I can do up there, which is why I would of asked Isle to be my guide; as I said in my...talk with Malik the last thing I ever want to do is put a bad mark on this house and on Kieran." A small sigh as he grabbed some socks and sat down on his bed, putting them on before he looked at her again. "You are lucky, you came from Andal, I couldn't go when you and Malik were getting married so this is a good chance for me. My parents came down here for some reason and they got killed leaving me to be raised by humans; and from what I've heard we don't keep records of family history so I can't really find out about the Coldiron family now can I? The best I can do is see the land where my parents came from, the land I should been born and raised in. It's what I owe to them." He then began on his boots and when he finished he stood up and put his hands in his pockets. "This may seem like it has all to do about my eye but that is just a part of what I am going for, I want to see our people's land Piper, but also even though I may not be able to find anything, I want to see if I can also find out about my parents." He said this of course in a non threatening voice but as someone who was filled with hope, who has missed out on something so important in their lives that he had to go as if this was a rare chance.

It was perhaps a little odd for her to be blatantly called a surface elf as Arthur categorized her with them. She hadn't felt so in quite a long while. But she shook her head at him again for a moment...there seemed to be a misunderstanding here. "Arthur, you're not from Andal. I know not a single Coldiron. Very few leave Andal at all. Labyrinth once had a surface...centuries ago, but that's nothing to an elf. It's more than likely you're from here nad your parents fell to the underdark with everyone else. You're not going to find anything on Coldirons in Andal...I'm sorry, but you're not. Just as there are many an underdark, there are many a surface too." The truth had to be told to him, even if it was a bit crushing to tell him and waht not. "Believe me when I tell you that Malik is only trying to protect you. He too thought that he would do fine in Andal...he was a wreck for weeks, and his actions caused my father to end up in prision. One slip from you and they could throw Isleandra in jail, they could even kill her. This is a serious matter...he's not trying to be mean, he wants to be safe." A pause. "And yes, I am from Andal...but that does not make me lucky...those on Andal can be rather judgemental. You yourself will not be accepted among other surface elves at first glance because your eyes are blue."

Eyes half closed and he seemed a little more mellow as he let her play as she wanted for the moment. After all, it was good to try and be comfortable with new things wasn't it? Indeed. But he gave a soft laugh at her statement. "Believe me, we miss eating what you cook. Things have been bland and repetative for a while and I think even Zykariel is tiring of it."

But he thought a moment on what she was saying. "I noticed that part...I think he was working out agression and though you would stand up to what he needed to work out...or he was looking to get over you some in that anger. Malik was yelling at him earlier and the boy is quick to anger. Why does it bother you?"

Kieran happened to be stepped out of Isle's room just as Lark came knocking and he scooped the girl up in his arms, starting down the hall with her. "Shh, Isle needs her rest now. What are you up to, not causing trouble or weedling cookies out of Malik are you?"

Arthur jsut stared at the elf, listening to her quietly as she went on saying that he was probally from here after all since his partnets may have fell to the underdark so long ago. Gee thanks Piper... He thought and sighed lightly though he grunted lightly when she told him that Malik was trying to protect him, yeah right everytime he tried to talk to that drow he always did something or said something that was against him. "If Malik wants to protect me then why doesn't he come out and say it instead of going at me like he did before? I apoligzed for yelling at him, I knew I stepped out of bounds and he still went on they way he did. But I know that when I go up there I'll be spending most of my time in a bed, it's no picnic from what I head but I'm willing to go through with it." Though he paused lightly and sighed a little bit. "If I can't find out anything about my parents then going up there seems really selfish doesn't it? I thought I could find something about my family and now I can't." Crossing his arms he closed his eyes and sighed a little, he did not want to stare Piper in the eye. "With the way you guys keep on going about all of this then there is no point of even going up there at all is there? Getting sick, all the judgemental people, the probablity of getting Isle killed; is there anything postitive of even going up there for?"