Neoma lightly nudged Aella with her foot. “Hey. Wake up.” 645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KJWLc8tIG
Aella twitched and yawned. “Mm?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlp0GNFlWbh
"Come on. Or I will flip you into a pool of water." She nudged her again.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBfoJ8ymyH
Aella’s eyes flashed open. “I’m up!”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVV2iQdf3e
"Except we have no water around," Luna pointed out.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mjYpz0xYo
"…" Aella looked around. As Luna said, not so much as a puddle in their immediate area. "Oh."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvu7rpHh4P
Luna giggled. “You’ll learn when and when not to fall for her tricks.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRB4KXUCaoW
Neoma shrugged, getting up on her horse. “Don’t eat too much, we need that food.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCQcHWees9
Aella laughed along with Luna, and slowly got up. Wow, she was sore…645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUefrIabPw
Luna paused in her laughter. “But….but I wanna go hunting,” she whined.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0AejnXyPaq
"Luna, what can you catch out here?"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs95ZG54aQ2
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…645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zBq9LzBRO
"Um…."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpcawcDvli
"Exactly." 645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNE1YFF8i6
Aella pulled herself up onto her horse. “Didn’t know you hunted.~”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBELBXCnMq
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?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3G13pB5ZwU
"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!645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpOJXspaMd
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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkJMuv1a6q
"How far do you think we’ll get today?~"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCb1H6vamc
The elemental shrugged, looking down at the shadowy horse.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMXi9tgdhJ
She let it drop and started humming absently, gazing up at the sky.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbI80LU0PCz
"….What do you want to know?" Neoma finally asked, after about 20 minutes of silence.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kMULvBNDh
"I wanna know a lot of stuff!" she said enthusiastically. Neoma was actually OFFERING to answer her questions? This was wonderful!645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyp2uSG6thZ
"Well, ask away."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGOjqTpyp1
"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?"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKB5GKPl27
"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."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhoC48NOME7
"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?"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDhQysPh8w
"I guess. She assists with my fighting, magic, and so on. And no."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKoqUUZYmU
Aella made a face at the last one. “Aw.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMqWAAhSO1
"What else?" Neoma finally looked over at her, and her face brightened further at this.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiq0iMfSrhY
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?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmITOTDJKYM
She glanced over at Luna. “Yes. Not a lot.” 645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAH4anbZCa
Aella tipped her head. “What DO you know?” she wondered. 645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMjRBLbERb
"The name implies a lot. And I guess silver hurts them?"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZRV6qIvb8
"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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjBpldJG86
Neoma nodded. “Anything else?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjN0zxXOW8
Aella hesitated. “Why are we going to France?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXC4Z70Lok
"So Luna and I can go home."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukLrwydtAJ
"Is your home that way?"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCkQaIMjqQ
"Hm…you can say that." Neoma frowned. "…Well. Have you heard of these things… they’re called dimension ties."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTW9dggOTu
"… huh?" Her expression went completely blank, and her mind matched.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx6s62eH5R
"That’s what we call them, I don’t know your word for it." She patted her horse for a second.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5rWf8x66K
”What exactly are they?” she asked, utterly confused.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qklF0Ooxs
”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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4I8tfn37s
Oh, she was zoning out. Not that what Neoma was saying made much sense, but it was rude to stop listening!645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFRYKJ83C5
”…Earth. Do you think it’s the only place with life forms?!”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2F3Tgvt7y
”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?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxMujD7xIl
She nodded. “Yeah, part of it.” Luna looked up, tilting her head for a moment, then gave a purr, making Aella inwardly squeal.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJOmvVXRHw
"Will I ever get the chance to see it?"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpdnk3ugem
"You might," She looked up, "if we ever GET THERE."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoe8NYefyc2
”Yay!~”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXDlSG966C
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?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV36TrQhDl
”Mm?” Aella looked over at her. “Pretty normal, I guess. Middle-class family, lived in a pretty coastal town in England…”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn2OYbTunY
“…. Middle class….” She tilted her head a little, like she had no idea what she was talking about. “You were poor, then?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHU8ePril9
Aella giggled. “No, we weren’t poor. We just didn’t have as much money as all the really rich people, like the royalty.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNePTLHRQwt
“Oh.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcBkqKmjVR
”Mhm.” Aella smiled absently and returned to stroking her horse.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQSr99ZQ1K
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. 645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡav3wJgeobv
”… huh?” Aella looked back over at her. What could she possibly be apologizing for? They were both being so nice to her…645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgzRHRc0Ai
"I’m not good with people." She shrugged. "So, sorry."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfoJzsnlP0
“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?645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11cEzbllJQ
She nodded, looking to the side again. “… Thanks.” Aella just grinned at her new friend.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWs4CKcgQc
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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVw3MnLRGkk
”I’m boooored,” Aella drawled after a minute or so.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HcHEqOvVP
Neoma looked up. “What do you want to do then?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuY1x3HTQ7v
She gave the question some serious thought. “Dunno. What’s there to do?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KL7Of2Wwq
”We are riding on horses. What IS THERE to do?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7KxxLwahD
“…. Dunno?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEdzkMZyy9
She grumbled a bit, then sighed. “I dont know, either.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBWdrN18xz
”Aww.” Aella sighed. “So we’re gonna be bored until we get somewhere?” That sounded… boring.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDVqqyeT91
”I think so. Yeah.” Neoma glared at Luna, who was trying to hop off the horse.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIJE1qCbjR
Aella groaned and thunked her head dramatically on the horse’s neck (said horse just snorted). This could take FOREVER!645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPpj4TxizJ
“Oh, calm down, its not that bad.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNH5aT4TJP
“… Fine.” She pouted.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVqEgxDPDh
Neoma looked off to the side, following along the road, while Aella started humming quietly to herself. Neoma watched the other, then looked away.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzOY0LRDdr
It wasn’t long before Aella was shifting restlessly again.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZtXi4IIC8
"You’re bored again, aren’t you?" Neoman had shifted postions by then, laying with her arms around the horse’s neck.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCqrCEKIog
"Maaaybe."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvXphCt2FK
”It’s in your body language. You’re acting fidgety, so either you’re nervous or bored.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0WhvBqMlN
“… Okay, bored.” Wow, Neoma was smart!645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpQeuhNyOu
She rolled her eyes. “Well, you can continue to ask questions, I guess. It’s almost sunset, give it an hour or two.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiR6QflS7R
“Okay~”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGX84fxhLH
After a long drawn out silence, Neoma stated, “At least France and England aren’t at war?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmi5X3jfJzU
”That wouldn’t be fun,” she agreed.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxOfecRVGL
"War isnt an easy thing, no matter your social status."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00RAYkQlM2
Aella shook her head with a slight frown. “Mom says it’s really awful.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVroIlYFOyx
She looked ahead. “England and France go to war a lot, dont they?” She asked this quickly, glancing aside.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiahmyxWvA
She nodded. “Yeah… why?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4iEN0d8B6
”Just making sure I was right.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0UfMqNt08
“Oh.~ Well, you are!”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOi6CWuM8Nu
Neoma looked at the girl. “We need to blend in with the locals, though.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhDp4TQuUn
She frowned. “Um… Okay. How exactly do we do that?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaiskIkb81
”Fashion.” Neoma had a hint of a smirk on her face, and tilted her head a bit. “Which is ALWAYS fun…”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWJnfjKjHp
“I know!~”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3Ehnr8cXF
”That was sarcasm, nuts for brains.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPAW2ObItZ
“… It was? But fashion IS fun,” Aella said matter-of-factly. How could Neoma think otherwise? That just didn’t make sense.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ugFCDv2HV
”Not Earth fashion.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae3Ng27FKh
“Uh-huh,” she said stubbornly. 645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYlAvQzlCH
”I much prefer my world’s fashion. Less skirt-y.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyZRwxwRFx
“Skirts are nice.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVJL9b7HDI
”Ugh, nope.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi58lhG6b59
“Yep!~”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4PsrcZQ7i
”No, pants and shorts are much more convenient and comfortable.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJ3w3V7C6M
“But skirts and dresses are prettier.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPiUXL1yds
”And?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKhVR8sSpW
“And what?” Aella blinked. 645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0uit3Smpe
”What use is looking pretty if you can’t do anything while you do?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcWEDBu5MZ
“Who says you have to do anything that might ruin your clothes while you look pretty?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOpMpRm7wN
”Because nothing fun comes out of it!”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaZPgju8D4
“It’s fun to be pretty!”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAER7LwY58a
”I’d rather not.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf01ovOumIT
“That’s too bad, then. I like looking pretty.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRdTmxiuvS
"And I really don’t care."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwVRmAqWH1
Aella pouted, and Neoma gave a sly grin.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZr7tiDERgz
“… Won’t you have to wear a dress to blend in, though?” The girl suddenly questioned.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmE1Hj4PG3P
”Shit.” She groaned, hitting her head on the horse’s neck.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVYOTBg3LF
Aella laughed. “Shut up.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClGxcGsJQN
“Sorry…”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBLPRvViPt
She gave some sort of odd hand signal, not raising her head.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBfaKtGX9R
Aella was still grinning a bit. “I do think you’ll look pretty in a dress, though.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKcMY76HSN
”I don’t… like dresses….”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1NEhE2iqt
“It’ll be alright… they’re not THAT bad.~”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVq9UXcuJN
”This is coming from Miss Happy-Cheery.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHWiEUeZ0J
Aella just grinned wider.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqIpbk6Y9p
”Not a compliment.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFgGIXY0xx
“Sounds like one to me.~”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrE9Esc5ng
”Well, it isn’t.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT922986RWT
“Why not? Isn’t being happy and cheerful a good thing?” How confusing.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGxThEaho3
”To you, maybe.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuU0E9OMw8
“Why not to you?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0iUqTnhwp
”I get annoyed easily.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9ej17A680
“… 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…645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg614XunuaK
”…” Neoma finally raised her head, glaring at her.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaJz3oaWxP
Aella went silent for a moment. Oops. “Sorry.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYkZH8mTG7
”No, no…”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbd32DrFlR9
She gave her a confused look, and Neoma made that hand gesture again. Aella blinked, then looked away to her horse.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ircRu5aaB
* * * * *645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRrgpeUDbx
Neoma poked a small fire with stick, staying near its heat. “Okay, so do you like fish, by any chance?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptKtQ3xOzB
Aella nodded, brightening considerably. “I like pretty much all seafood.~”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3isqg6UwS
“The next town is a seaside town…” She poked it again, her hand moving over to the fruit.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WTHfG3ULQ
”Oh, yay!~” Towns on the coast were her favorite! Like her home.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JEKWq0kxs
Neoma looked at the girl again. “How old are you?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKlRqL03gv
”Fifteen, why?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxXQSK06PN
“Hmm.” She gazed into the fire, then looked to the side. “In your years, I’m 19.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgD2thI3bd
”My years?” Aella tipped her head curiously. Were her years special or something? Maybe they were longer. Or really short. Or…645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLgzdeQZhr
“Human.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36wzmzTTeu
Oh. “What kind of years do you use? And how old are you in those?”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAzOBegbb0
“For my species, years are nothing. I’m much older in that time.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQu8O1dyjl
”Wow…” Neoma didn’t look old, but it sounded like she was ancient!645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ598fRFuRRJ
She nodded slowly.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEhuh1nCjs
”What about Luna?” Aella wondered.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKd7EbSwAT
“Luna is sixteen.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQop7h35hWX
”Oh.~” Almost the same age as herself!645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcdW9IEQaj
She nodded again, sliding over the basket. Aella poked around inside it and pulled out a tasty-looking fruit.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfncUPypQxY
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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQNAWHBQXL
”Shadows can burn?” Aella piped up curiously.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c3UuV2W0N
“When they turn into something physical, yes.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dcmmJ8IBp
”… huh.” Whatever that meant.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhJne7uo7p
“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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrZrQN3oDJ
“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.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87A6T1jHs9
”… 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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFu5K4dZxa
"Woah…" The blonde stared as it got a shadowy look again, and Neoma used her fingernail to start carving something into it. 645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NshTnvg48
"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."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYirEF1p1Y
”… Uh huh..?” Aella’s head was spinning by then, absolutely confused. She really DID try to pay attention, but…645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzr1djViRk
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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcj6cVtLvAA
”But… why?” she asked, trying to sort all of this information out.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2RNMmkAbV
“It’s only a shadow, Aella.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEWLTqg4Y8
”Okay..”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9zL3ADbCr
“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.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nWlbyoacv
”Oh.” That, at least, seemed to make a little more sense…645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTz5q8HOdO
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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAr9y8XWoF
”Wow… that’s really neat.” Aella’s eyes were wide.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqNKQmYtv9
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.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcfcdbsr51
”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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICppAsLUwv
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.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWF0YKP8Bqu
"Just… punch it?" Aella tipped her head.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlNyFGvK6T
“Not too hard, just proving a point here.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5O623HucFW
”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.”645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd7IWGASYI
"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."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrs8sBOINQX
"Huh."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPSlPbvbe1
She nodded. “Fire might crack it.” She pushed down the shield, looking at the shadow ball still sitting in the fire.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rtdaLmIh3
Aella blinked. “Huh,” she repeated.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNSiJDs8kG
"Now, if you got your hands on a light weapon, you could break it too. A fire one would probably burn your hand, though…"645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wPkoybDvy
"That’s really interesting.~" Aella hummed, gazing into the fire and the black pit in its center.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRA0kZCjNN
Neoma nodded, looking at the sky. “The stars here are weird,” she stated unexpectedly.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDOJzVJ6ji
"Weird how?" Aella looked at her, blinking.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4hgX5G6ji
"Not in the same places." She shook her head.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTZXRdFSJ8
"So it’s different in your world, huh… I’d like to see how they look there."645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdsKuee5aH
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.645Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mN94EvEUi
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