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Kirai had a rather mean idea. Taking control over his vocal cords, she mouthed the words, making him say,
"Oh, it feels just dandy... after raping and killing my wife and two children, it's great to be alive again. Look! I can dance..."
His voice cracked and hardly made out the words, and the man's eyes shone with horror, but Kirai made the man start waltzing by himself. She explained to Edward, looking back at him, "I saw... he did that with his dead wife's body. Now, he can dance with the dead once more, oh lovely cruel fate indeed." She smiled. Kirai did still have an evil streak in her... although, she never felt she targeted anyone who didn't deserve it. Murderers and rapists... those were her two favorite targets, and usually, her only two.

Kirai forced the man to give a big grin. She said, in a light and kind, happy tone, "It might be because I was a strigoii... or maybe because not having a soul makes this much easier. Who knows?" For the first time in a long time, Kirai seemed completely relaxed... not even as formal as she was on her most informal days, like a young child visiting the beach for the very first time. "What do you think, Edward?"

Tell me what you think? Kirai asked him in her mind. She now caused the man to pause, and practiced making him sit down, then stand back up again. This proved a little difficult, since it involved arm and leg movement at the same time.

Kirai thought for a moment, and then had the man close his mouth, so he couldn't breath. "Hmmm...." She then made him raise his hands, and testing what she could do, tried to have him snap his own neck, it didn't quite work. Standing up and walking over to him, Kirai bit his neck and drained him until he died again, allowing him to breath, and blocking him from feeling any pain. When she finished, Kirai layed his body out and covered it with dirt and moon-blooming flowers that grew among the grass on the ground they stood. "Yes..." Kirai didn't wish to tell Edward yet that she actually needed to not have her soul in order to properly use this ability, and in order to protect him and Lanius.... she decided it would only get in the way to inform him of this, so she smiled and turned to face him. "Are you ready to go back to Haven, Edward?"

Kirai nodded, walking over to him. You could tell she felt a bit tired and a bit drained by controlling the man's body. Nearly falling, seeming to grow more tired by the moment, Kirai asked, "Edward...? I'm sorry..." She managed to stand up straight again with effort. "Could you please help me back to Vaclav...?"

Kirai slowly slipped out of conciousness, fading in and out. She realized it was a combination of using so much energy, and consuming so much human blood at once, and for the first time... Kirai whispered, "Sorry, Edward.... I'll wake if anything happens..." With that, she fell asleep on their way back to Haven, just as daylight started to break.

A wolfman stepped from the monastery, his claws clicking against the wall Netvor stood upon. "I am Dr. Avarice." He hadn't shifted back since his meeting with Kirai, hadn't felt the need to. So, he'd settled for hunting. Blood dripped from his canines. Now, in the presence of company, it would being even more ill-advised to shift back considering he didn't have an ounce of clothing on him. The gurgled moan of his meal, hidden within the shadows of the fallen building, made Avarice turn.