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Relinth closed his eyes as her hand lashed out at him and didn't even flinch a hand, but after a moment opened them again when she began speaking again. He didn't move to take a defensive stance at all taking notice of the change in color of her eyes.

"Trying to fight the beast inside eh? Revenge isn't keeping you living... it's slowly killing you. Trust me, I used to be in a similar situation. You'll never be any more then a beast if you let vengeance guide you."

When she touched his arm the shock of energy flickered up his shoulder. He only looked at it as something in his equipment bag began to respond to the magic. A soft humming sound and a dull red glow began to emanate from bag.

"I'm not worried. You'll have to try to hurt me. I've suffered through some pretty miserable times in my past. I'd be a hypocrite if I told you to leave when it seems you need someone most. How would I be building faith?"

Relinth looked at her and offered his hand out to her. Of course he didn't understand he wasn't undergoing whatever she was. That didn't mean of course he wouldn't try to help. She did however give him a piece of information that could be useful.

"Take my hand then... I'm not vampire but I'm pretty good at stealing other people's energy. Of course its easier if you don't resist. Otherwise you can try to maintain it yourself. You aren't doing a very good job it seems like though"

The Katana in his equipment bag still buzzed protesting it's being stuck away and not being able to destroy whatever had sparked energy at him. He attempted for now to ignore the weapon. Thinking how it was a mistake to keep it around.

Relinth closed his eyes as he began to move his hands toward her. His magical energies began to organize the particles around him to provide a conduit for all the energy. A dull red energy would begin to streak through his body as he attempted to reinforce himself to make it a less appealing path for the energy to go through without being reprocess throughout his conduit. He spoke softly as he tried to grab her hand at the last moment.

"Just don't try to hurt me and I'll be fine. I know how to reorder energy into less hurtful forms... I just can't do it if you blast it at me."

He chuckled lightly hoping she would lighten up at bit. He wasn't sure what to expect so he braced himself for the worst assuming that he would likely only mitigate the damage he was about to take.

As her hand touched his the energy shot through his body into the ground exploding around him in a violent torrent. The harder he tried to contain it the more of it rushed through him. His bag of equipment was thrown off his shoulder his katana, and wakazashi falling to the ground with a loud metallic crash. The energy seemed to ripple through him for a moment lashing back out the same red energy that had been emanating from him before. Soon flames would burst out from his body. His body was burning off the excess energy as a last ditch effort to prevent damage. After a few moments he leaned back letting out a roar as the energy arced back and forth across his body. After a few moments it would begin to settle back down as the flames died off only the odd aura of the red energy like a mist around him would be present after long. His arms were clearly burnt and his wings let off steam into the air but he didn't mutter a word after the incident. His eyes had turned from the light blue they were to a demonic red. He had no words just simply a light growl.

"..."

The flesh on his arms began to slowly return to normal. His wings tucked back in behind him. The energy now arced back and forth only from his hands which remained open. He would close his hands into fists and the energy would disappear. He turned his head cracking his neck to each side before moving off to return his equipment to it's bag. He spoke but it wasn't as soft as before sounding a bit like a growl.

"It's fine... I'm okay."

The red mist would begin to slowly die down as he held his hand out palm open sucking the energy back into his body. He stretched out clenching his hands into fists after it returned to him. He looked down his arms taking note of the new energy.

Relinth was a little preoccupied to listen to her fully at the moment. He let the energy arc between his hands feeling the rush of his demonic blood flowing through his veins after absorbing so much energy. Suddenly he felt alive... or something even worse. After a moment he'd catch himself. Trying to shake the feeling off. He'd turn away from her scolding himself mentally.

"Yeah... just great. Couldn't be better..."

He tried not to sound nervous but it was obvious that some of the energy was getting the better of him.

Just give in Relinth... remember all the good times we had? We can destroy lives and take whatever we want again... just give in.

He felt the urge. Blood was just as good as anything else really. At this point it didn't matter what sort of corruption he took on but the blood was pushing him toward it. He would walk slowly back over to Sai with a slight grin on his face.

"Sometimes temporary satisfaction is better then none..."

He'd try to reach in and grab her by the throat lifting her to her feet and forcing her to kiss him. He knew it was a wrong thing but fighting the beast inside had become to much for him.

He pressed against her close for a moment before realizing what was going on. Just as quickly as he grabbed her up he would release her turning around visibly frustrated with himself. He growled a bit louder letting the energy flow out of him in a conflagration across his arms and shoulders. He would turn back after a moment.

"I'm... I'm sorry. That was wrong of me."

He didn't know what else to say. The guilt would be painted all across him. He had been tested by his darker side and failed. He felt nothing but shame now. When would he truly ascend beyond what he was?