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 Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:05 pm
Crispin swallowed, hard. "I met him once," he said. "He was... intimidating. The scariest and most majestic... powerful... thing I've ever seen... but he gave me Shaiming's gem." He poked experimentally at Shaiming, mentally, but the dragon did not rouse from sleep. "I've been kind of scared all this time... I don't want to have done the wrong thing for him. So. Um. Thanks for the reassurance." He smiled.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:33 pm
 Shenlei
"Harmodius is intimidating, yes -- but you have done nothing wrong and have nothing to fear from him." Shenlei spoke softly around Crispin, to not scare him. He stood slowly, pulling his jacket from the couch. "I'm not sure how the hosts are chosen, but..." Shenlei paused for a long moment. Selvica was lightly prodding at his consciousness.
"I believe that both Harmodius and the stones choose their hosts." Selvica answered for him, Shenlei's eyes dulling during the process. "Pleased to meet you, Crispin. I am Selvica."
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:27 pm
Crispin blinked. The voice had changed, but... was this akin to what Shaiming had just done, while he slept? He'd seen Xuan speak through Kheviel too, but never, never the other way around. He hadn't known it was possible... "Pleased to meet you, Selvica," he said, as calmly as he could. "I... didn't know the hosts could speak... like that..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:33 pm
Shenlei
"I don't.. have.. much time." Selvica breathed roughly. "Shenlei doesn't like to be bottled up, but I wanted to say hello. Normally, I can't.. but he let me speak." The features on his face slid into a weakened smile. "I'm going back n-"
"Never do that again." Shenlei's eyes brightened. I hate that, Selvica. He raised a hand to his head. Instant headache. He was only vaguely conscious of what Crispin had said. "The body is still in the process of becoming my own. I, although further along, do not have control of this body fully."
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:41 pm
"I see... sorry, I've never seen a host do that before. I thought they just kind of vanished totally as soon as the god got control..." Another mental prod at Shaiming, and again no answer. The sudden loneliness was startling in its intensity. "But, well. Now I know."
Crispin half-bowed to Shenlei again. "Shaiming is sleeping now... I think it would be best if I went back to our rooms, to rest as well. He'll recover quicker that way, if I'm not up and about using up our energy. But it was nice to meet you, sir."
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:47 pm
Shenlei
Shenlei nodded. He feared he had frightened the boy a little more about how they changed. "Not everyone vanishes." Shenlei reassured out loud. "Rest well, Crispin. Send my regards to Shaiming when you speak to him again. I think I will head off to rest as well."
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