Neoma lightly nudged Aella with her foot. “Hey. Wake up.” 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF2tZO1xQV
Aella twitched and yawned. “Mm?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMF0umrs1IT
"Come on. Or I will flip you into a pool of water." She nudged her again.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZyhwbH5Vt
Aella’s eyes flashed open. “I’m up!”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHogo4pqhTD
"Except we have no water around," Luna pointed out.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fbIgcMMb9
"…" Aella looked around. As Luna said, not so much as a puddle in their immediate area. "Oh."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr084u5xS7P
Luna giggled. “You’ll learn when and when not to fall for her tricks.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDSAddIGES
Neoma shrugged, getting up on her horse. “Don’t eat too much, we need that food.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6J10Srlsz
Aella laughed along with Luna, and slowly got up. Wow, she was sore…683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnTqyaZsuT
Luna paused in her laughter. “But….but I wanna go hunting,” she whined.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41P1v7krzB
"Luna, what can you catch out here?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqckBcpZ2gl
Aella looked at them curiously. She wasn’t quite sure what they were talking about… did Luna know how to hunt? Aella’s dad did, but her mom said it wasn’t ladylike. Luna was a lady though…683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzEbaZOMj2
"Um…."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaseO99QSa
"Exactly." 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiVKqZW0BX
Aella pulled herself up onto her horse. “Didn’t know you hunted.~”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7A5vYkhuuD
Luna grinned and nodded, flashing her pointed teeth. That made sense, didn’t it… She had only JUST held Luna as a fluffy cat, and cats hunted. Encouraged by this, Aella continued. “Is it fun?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFx1fJnsuq
"Yes!" She giggled, going into her cat form. Aella hummed happily, though she wished she could pet her friend again. Her fur was so SOFT!683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cUDcwCnM7
Neoma stared ahead, tilting her head to the side for a second. Aella didn’t bother questioning the gesture, and went ahead with her questioning.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziAeMjJNgO
"How far do you think we’ll get today?~"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMd9FS88vVx
The elemental shrugged, looking down at the shadowy horse.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMgLjAwdok
She let it drop and started humming absently, gazing up at the sky.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyGwLO46Kc
"….What do you want to know?" Neoma finally asked, after about 20 minutes of silence.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00rYQJVycw
"I wanna know a lot of stuff!" she said enthusiastically. Neoma was actually OFFERING to answer her questions? This was wonderful!683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72LFJGQpuf
"Well, ask away."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPj87UFe8h
"Okay. Do you have any other powers besides the shadow horse thing? Does Luna, besides turning into the most adorable cat ever? What’s your favorite thing to do? Do you like traveling like this?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBx6WR7JiP
"Of course. Shadow is an elemental power. One of the strongest. Most people who have shadow powers are rather…creative, and work well with illusions." She blinked, then said a bit slower, "No, Luna is a familiar, do you know what that is? I like a lot of things, and no, I prefer shadows, but that’s a one person thing. My second favorite would be wolfback."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOztUU2IweB
"Can I see some of your other powers sometime? And no, don’t know what a familiar is. Can you name one of the things you like?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡircADsBmDy
"I guess. She assists with my fighting, magic, and so on. And no."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVXQ3Tzh69
Aella made a face at the last one. “Aw.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HkRuOg5Me
"What else?" Neoma finally looked over at her, and her face brightened further at this.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbBAJQrPzl
She thought for a moment. “Have you ever just helped someone like this before? And how much do you know about shapeshifters like Cináed, anyway?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtLHzGxIg4
She glanced over at Luna. “Yes. Not a lot.” 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9sfglUxU5
Aella tipped her head. “What DO you know?” she wondered. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mThoS6rdd
"The name implies a lot. And I guess silver hurts them?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDlYGvP5EY
"And some other stuff," Aella said a bit absently. "I’m not sure which, exactly… I only know snatches of it from Cináed. I try not to, though, he scares me." She didn’t like when she caught pieces of his thoughts. They were always mean… were ALL shapeshifters like that? She hoped not.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzBlqFYF73
Neoma nodded. “Anything else?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzZ37ia9XI
Aella hesitated. “Why are we going to France?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡri80P2eO0o
"So Luna and I can go home."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZyV4yoq8v
"Is your home that way?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLkDIPBezM
"Hm…you can say that." Neoma frowned. "…Well. Have you heard of these things… they’re called dimension ties."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGDD5r6ZWn
"… huh?" Her expression went completely blank, and her mind matched.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu293m580K
"That’s what we call them, I don’t know your word for it." She patted her horse for a second.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5qHV4T0yS
”What exactly are they?” she asked, utterly confused.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYXXj3P3fn
”You don’t think this is the only plane of existence, do you?” The elemental raised an eyebrow, looking off to the side. A part of Aella did wonder why she didn’t like making eye contact… maybe she was shy, or worried, or sad. Oh well, she would be more cheerful eventually!~ Aella liked making people happy, a room full of happy people was always the best kind.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJASrBNLmc
Oh, she was zoning out. Not that what Neoma was saying made much sense, but it was rude to stop listening!683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIE6ZmEqIw
”…Earth. Do you think it’s the only place with life forms?!”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CaC2ZqTPd
”There’s more places besides Earth?” Now she was excited by the thought of places like that, ones she’d never heard of. “Is that why you wouldn’t tell me where you were from?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ736EKc0Hwq
She nodded. “Yeah, part of it.” Luna looked up, tilting her head for a moment, then gave a purr, making Aella inwardly squeal.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7WaWCsbsj
"Will I ever get the chance to see it?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxLTssHXS2
"You might," She looked up, "if we ever GET THERE."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmF45gkGVUo
”Yay!~”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcwvx9hwu0
Neoma paused again, sitting sideways on her horse. “So besides shapeshifter and all that funstuff,” (she rolled her eyes at the word fun), “what was your life like?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmju3uJCDi
”Mm?” Aella looked over at her. “Pretty normal, I guess. Middle-class family, lived in a pretty coastal town in England…”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A61DgwvXk
“…. Middle class….” She tilted her head a little, like she had no idea what she was talking about. “You were poor, then?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqa93uasT1
Aella giggled. “No, we weren’t poor. We just didn’t have as much money as all the really rich people, like the royalty.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zOOqlg8H8
“Oh.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvry721E7SG
”Mhm.” Aella smiled absently and returned to stroking her horse.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeG9Wl9UFn
She let out a soft breath, still keeping her eyes on Luna. After awhile, she bit her lip and finally tore her eyes from the cat, only to let them fall to her lap. “Sorry.” It sounded a bit forced, not like something that normally came out of her mouth. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LRuIGgRWu
”… huh?” Aella looked back over at her. What could she possibly be apologizing for? They were both being so nice to her…683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfauXhhU72
"I’m not good with people." She shrugged. "So, sorry."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnM4C9FrYbO
“You don’t need to be sorry,” Aella said with a slight smile. Not good with people… well, that would have to be fixed, wouldn’t it?683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpT3dpqpps
She nodded, looking to the side again. “… Thanks.” Aella just grinned at her new friend.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiY9rq6pjfj
After a while, Luna seemed to get a bit bored, and she started to dash off….only to have Neoma call her back. Aella giggled a little, and Luna tilted her head. Then she gave a slight cat-like growl when she was forced onto Neoma’s horse.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCWl6EMSqw
”I’m boooored,” Aella drawled after a minute or so.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7Q9CpL5NT
Neoma looked up. “What do you want to do then?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxxg27jpbl
She gave the question some serious thought. “Dunno. What’s there to do?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQXXm07n9h
”We are riding on horses. What IS THERE to do?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5PhUksAX2
“…. Dunno?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONC2qi0qOP
She grumbled a bit, then sighed. “I dont know, either.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ966BRY1E4B
”Aww.” Aella sighed. “So we’re gonna be bored until we get somewhere?” That sounded… boring.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrR8pVbPS6
”I think so. Yeah.” Neoma glared at Luna, who was trying to hop off the horse.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQXTQdPEHO
Aella groaned and thunked her head dramatically on the horse’s neck (said horse just snorted). This could take FOREVER!683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVk05vARbiE
“Oh, calm down, its not that bad.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BYZX9695l
“… Fine.” She pouted.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVZdXq3r0E
Neoma looked off to the side, following along the road, while Aella started humming quietly to herself. Neoma watched the other, then looked away.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bjuIW0ufr
It wasn’t long before Aella was shifting restlessly again.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIoajTRyzP
"You’re bored again, aren’t you?" Neoman had shifted postions by then, laying with her arms around the horse’s neck.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjulJQcj6U
"Maaaybe."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEgZXcuQ9Q
”It’s in your body language. You’re acting fidgety, so either you’re nervous or bored.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqPvdPcUiH
“… Okay, bored.” Wow, Neoma was smart!683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DwsE5pITw
She rolled her eyes. “Well, you can continue to ask questions, I guess. It’s almost sunset, give it an hour or two.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE08n2sEyNx
“Okay~”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJse4Vg9nc2
After a long drawn out silence, Neoma stated, “At least France and England aren’t at war?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6y8hq6ToH
”That wouldn’t be fun,” she agreed.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJm56Ux4eP
"War isnt an easy thing, no matter your social status."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMfDsZbxC3
Aella shook her head with a slight frown. “Mom says it’s really awful.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5ZBs1i1Ef
She looked ahead. “England and France go to war a lot, dont they?” She asked this quickly, glancing aside.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwKKvzzsoC
She nodded. “Yeah… why?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwN9fgyPLK
”Just making sure I was right.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BorULhPY0
“Oh.~ Well, you are!”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrIPmSu8Iz
Neoma looked at the girl. “We need to blend in with the locals, though.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzvUh6YboT
She frowned. “Um… Okay. How exactly do we do that?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvCUx2eqAF
”Fashion.” Neoma had a hint of a smirk on her face, and tilted her head a bit. “Which is ALWAYS fun…”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBQqEENSVV
“I know!~”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnDc7J2jKf
”That was sarcasm, nuts for brains.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnp81DkVmR
“… It was? But fashion IS fun,” Aella said matter-of-factly. How could Neoma think otherwise? That just didn’t make sense.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbIWv3TWZr
”Not Earth fashion.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7r0LO2brT
“Uh-huh,” she said stubbornly. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4dj3OL4NE
”I much prefer my world’s fashion. Less skirt-y.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeoUKv5fla
“Skirts are nice.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRb8BKEJBH
”Ugh, nope.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhMeNUIluW
“Yep!~”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznMOuIjzWd
”No, pants and shorts are much more convenient and comfortable.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKccTLurrwF
“But skirts and dresses are prettier.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7pjTxr6Nz
”And?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQl4rqJtSP2
“And what?” Aella blinked. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8SJVtw47a
”What use is looking pretty if you can’t do anything while you do?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYRfhsumxe
“Who says you have to do anything that might ruin your clothes while you look pretty?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKSpslStGr
”Because nothing fun comes out of it!”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDpTr70O4m
“It’s fun to be pretty!”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqRMHscjcu
”I’d rather not.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrHl5s2Wns
“That’s too bad, then. I like looking pretty.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQx6NUMycu
"And I really don’t care."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5H92WtiyN9
Aella pouted, and Neoma gave a sly grin.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6mxG4GAct
“… Won’t you have to wear a dress to blend in, though?” The girl suddenly questioned.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMmXsMJSxU
”Shit.” She groaned, hitting her head on the horse’s neck.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tcShGbwQK
Aella laughed. “Shut up.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAAYCUFrDc
“Sorry…”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAKrindz2y
She gave some sort of odd hand signal, not raising her head.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPOBrkpFcC
Aella was still grinning a bit. “I do think you’ll look pretty in a dress, though.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLke6wFprmn
”I don’t… like dresses….”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WtailIrbj
“It’ll be alright… they’re not THAT bad.~”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOfPVIiuYu
”This is coming from Miss Happy-Cheery.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmZ6T7E7Se
Aella just grinned wider.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlQehTnPN1
”Not a compliment.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZz8YqGO34C
“Sounds like one to me.~”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzIgMa4LgJ
”Well, it isn’t.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ2Yjw2i33
“Why not? Isn’t being happy and cheerful a good thing?” How confusing.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgto9N10KUg
”To you, maybe.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuMfUa89BU
“Why not to you?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKQaduiMqX
”I get annoyed easily.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0A85Bk2aH
“… Oh. You should work on that.” How could you be happy if you got annoyed so easily? Maybe THAT was why Neoma seemed so grumpy…683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6yZYRiUPN
”…” Neoma finally raised her head, glaring at her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmInFttfYV
Aella went silent for a moment. Oops. “Sorry.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxLmzFsf2y
”No, no…”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l2OngSKgE
She gave her a confused look, and Neoma made that hand gesture again. Aella blinked, then looked away to her horse.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTS8PEr89u
* * * * *683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWkAanry5Z
Neoma poked a small fire with stick, staying near its heat. “Okay, so do you like fish, by any chance?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtygDbcj0D3
Aella nodded, brightening considerably. “I like pretty much all seafood.~”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwDrdGNYA5
“The next town is a seaside town…” She poked it again, her hand moving over to the fruit.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9EOEDzJES
”Oh, yay!~” Towns on the coast were her favorite! Like her home.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEMAy2YqfI
Neoma looked at the girl again. “How old are you?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufvctySksz
”Fifteen, why?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtrASlX72D
“Hmm.” She gazed into the fire, then looked to the side. “In your years, I’m 19.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4KOKAKurF
”My years?” Aella tipped her head curiously. Were her years special or something? Maybe they were longer. Or really short. Or…683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnC9VT7rQSH
“Human.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eyHyDQbzT
Oh. “What kind of years do you use? And how old are you in those?”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvKlDieoSD
“For my species, years are nothing. I’m much older in that time.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6SWcXE1td
”Wow…” Neoma didn’t look old, but it sounded like she was ancient!683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U0mL3OPD1
She nodded slowly.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ojsJQgjrF
”What about Luna?” Aella wondered.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNIxApkRzs
“Luna is sixteen.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuK37CzTIW
”Oh.~” Almost the same age as herself!683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28qP46vBlv
She nodded again, sliding over the basket. Aella poked around inside it and pulled out a tasty-looking fruit.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFh6gMxEsQ2
When Aella looked back to Neoma, she was playing with shadows, making little figures out of the darkness. She watched her interestedly as the elemental’s hand rose up, dragging a shadow with it. After a pause, she changed the shape into a sphere, then pushed it into the fire. To Aella’s surprise, it began to burn.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoZWAreD1v
”Shadows can burn?” Aella piped up curiously.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTC6igyHj7
“When they turn into something physical, yes.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kJDSr9IdR
”… huh.” Whatever that meant.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgJHhTF6Ac
“You see…” She lifted another shadow, starting to form it into something. “The ability to change an object’s property normally needs to melt, heat up, or freeze. But if you can change something that doesn’t even exist in a different property, then…” She started to make a point on it. “It becomes part of the element, MADE out of the element.” She threw the object into the other’s lap, a small black dagger the height of the her hand.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJnRm3z5D8
“You can’t melt it, you can’t freeze it. It’s forced to stay THAT element until changed by someone who can control the element itself.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQ86zktzLj
”… um, okay,” Aella said uncertainly. She supposed it at least made sense to Neoma, and that was important… The dagger resting in her hands was simple, dull and not decorated. After a few moments, it misted out of her hand, startling her, and dripped off it into the shadows. Then it was back into Neoma’s hand.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtULio4N1XD
"Woah…" The blonde stared as it got a shadowy look again, and Neoma used her fingernail to start carving something into it. 683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGZtpudHA1
"It’s made of shadows, it can’t be anything but. Therefore you need to solidfy, liquefy, or make it into a gas like a shadow, or just leave it a shadow."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBivchQuto4
”… Uh huh..?” Aella’s head was spinning by then, absolutely confused. She really DID try to pay attention, but…683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnkNj7UGdk
Neoma glanced up at the other with a soft sigh. “Okay, the idiot version. Now imagine that I threw this into the fire.” She held up the knife. “It will heat up, yes, but at which point would it melt? It wouldn’t.” She made the shadow become solid in her hands. “But say that I had…” She dipped her hand into a shadow, cupping them and pulling it up. “A liquid shadow. It won’t freeze and become solid. It also won’t become a gas. It’s going to stay a liquid.” She let it fall back into the shadows, picking up the knife again.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzt7RNZDsr
”But… why?” she asked, trying to sort all of this information out.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXx4XF9dOp
“It’s only a shadow, Aella.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡle1vpwBTMw
”Okay..”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbdqXXLJfs
“But when you’re really powerful, you can practically turn them into a weapon. Now, it won’t work against some things, but against elements that are the opposite of mine…” A ton of pin-like shadows rose around Neoma, disappearing a bit in the dark and showing in the light of the fire. “… or humans, ‘cause no offense, but your kind are easy to hurt…” She let the pins drop. “It becomes a weapon.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJK9XAuskh
”Oh.” That, at least, seemed to make a little more sense…683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMllPTLUPyn
Neoma grabbed the knife, holding it up. “Your shifter friend, it probably won’t hurt like this. It won’t hurt me, either, seeing as I did make it.” She pressed the tip of the blade to her palm and pushed down, but instead of stabbing through, it only flattened into her hand, spreading out in a circle.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQs2NJuVNU
”Wow… that’s really neat.” Aella’s eyes were wide.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcrCD5c3Hc
She moved next to the girl, grabbing her arm and pressing the blade to it. It wasn’t enough to draw blood, but enough to prove a point. “For you, any harder would break skin, but for me, not even a chance.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ004W7jrQBR
”Wow… that must be neat.” Aella felt a little stinging sensation where the sharp edge met skin, but there wasn’t a drop of blood.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJUPHWAHl7
Neoma nodded. “I can also…” She dropped the knife, holding both her hands up and raising a thin sheet of shadow in an almost misty effect. “Try punching through it.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIB47zOWTA
"Just… punch it?" Aella tipped her head.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCYlI3q7Jq
“Not too hard, just proving a point here.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOosN13pDJI
”A-Alright.” Aella aimed a light punch at it (okay, a REALLY light punch). It seemed to solidify as she hit it. “Oh, wow.” She pulled back her fist, watching as it returned to a a misty look when there was no longer pressure against it. “That’s really cool.”683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5u1PZlsqXk
"Now, let’s say someone with a light ability or weapon attacked it? It would break through. On the other hand, if I attacked a light shield with my shadow, I’d break that."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5JTd2Yedr
"Huh."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaCZihdopZ
She nodded. “Fire might crack it.” She pushed down the shield, looking at the shadow ball still sitting in the fire.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfZplC9o9U
Aella blinked. “Huh,” she repeated.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkwYwcC74n
"Now, if you got your hands on a light weapon, you could break it too. A fire one would probably burn your hand, though…"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIEnQoZRJj
"That’s really interesting.~" Aella hummed, gazing into the fire and the black pit in its center.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5OAtOuYFD
Neoma nodded, looking at the sky. “The stars here are weird,” she stated unexpectedly.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLIlWyCQzj
"Weird how?" Aella looked at her, blinking.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4LvKCD3ds
"Not in the same places." She shook her head.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWBbWgVr3Q
"So it’s different in your world, huh… I’d like to see how they look there."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqgDjUMiaU
She nodded, closing her eyes. It didn’t seem likely that she would answer any more questions, and was clearly done with her explanation… Aella sighed and let her eyes flicker shut as she realized just how tired she was.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhzt7gEKjI
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