Neoma lightly nudged Aella with her foot. “Hey. Wake up.” 736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAWxvDa6Fk
Aella twitched and yawned. “Mm?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5HeErdjwi
"Come on. Or I will flip you into a pool of water." She nudged her again.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaF80onppv
Aella’s eyes flashed open. “I’m up!”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZ8iwLmlDZ
"Except we have no water around," Luna pointed out.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zp3gKqdaN
"…" Aella looked around. As Luna said, not so much as a puddle in their immediate area. "Oh."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmguclhvXm
Luna giggled. “You’ll learn when and when not to fall for her tricks.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ub59MvNg6
Neoma shrugged, getting up on her horse. “Don’t eat too much, we need that food.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovPEAIzDjA
Aella laughed along with Luna, and slowly got up. Wow, she was sore…736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWsZmDodY2
Luna paused in her laughter. “But….but I wanna go hunting,” she whined.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDwikJjUk5
"Luna, what can you catch out here?"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvtlpwIJoY
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…736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVjZwPEQWg
"Um…."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupBRWgPHkR
"Exactly." 736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uoLM6clLD
Aella pulled herself up onto her horse. “Didn’t know you hunted.~”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGyYTJ00Ut
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?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNstcDILCd
"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!736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCt7OIxiZ7j
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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGK0XIBWDBH
"How far do you think we’ll get today?~"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPzTxOjg4h1
The elemental shrugged, looking down at the shadowy horse.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeohkMniRV
She let it drop and started humming absently, gazing up at the sky.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsgiNaA2Z7
"….What do you want to know?" Neoma finally asked, after about 20 minutes of silence.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsycLnhEYoD
"I wanna know a lot of stuff!" she said enthusiastically. Neoma was actually OFFERING to answer her questions? This was wonderful!736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsjFyDlLiO
"Well, ask away."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFiggrpoXg
"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?"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIojAzAzOOg
"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."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpubWRdfbxq
"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?"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4l9VUwehu
"I guess. She assists with my fighting, magic, and so on. And no."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPjHWWAU5V
Aella made a face at the last one. “Aw.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02Nu91t7jk
"What else?" Neoma finally looked over at her, and her face brightened further at this.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCMfBIsE2k
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?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1k6KJCizy
She glanced over at Luna. “Yes. Not a lot.” 736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTEHmnmUrl
Aella tipped her head. “What DO you know?” she wondered. 736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ep1XTBQZQ
"The name implies a lot. And I guess silver hurts them?"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrNa9yraIB
"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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTk6VndSa4
Neoma nodded. “Anything else?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDc9L0gNojW
Aella hesitated. “Why are we going to France?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8edVncK0M4
"So Luna and I can go home."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJAgPKPXJf
"Is your home that way?"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70Q930pUiN
"Hm…you can say that." Neoma frowned. "…Well. Have you heard of these things… they’re called dimension ties."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLAemRW1gU
"… huh?" Her expression went completely blank, and her mind matched.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDLVwV1pGx
"That’s what we call them, I don’t know your word for it." She patted her horse for a second.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kwqvpiuSu
”What exactly are they?” she asked, utterly confused.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFtoNKBiGr
”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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmP5ZrA6WBG
Oh, she was zoning out. Not that what Neoma was saying made much sense, but it was rude to stop listening!736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu5bTfEkBs
”…Earth. Do you think it’s the only place with life forms?!”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmHKWlLXeM
”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?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nomPWyGIW
She nodded. “Yeah, part of it.” Luna looked up, tilting her head for a moment, then gave a purr, making Aella inwardly squeal.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ZUTXsO5Qd
"Will I ever get the chance to see it?"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcD0rS7Suz
"You might," She looked up, "if we ever GET THERE."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLcU9YI1Lc
”Yay!~”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iB4WNuIQg
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?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoKDn2d6ww
”Mm?” Aella looked over at her. “Pretty normal, I guess. Middle-class family, lived in a pretty coastal town in England…”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYfIYcwgs0
“…. Middle class….” She tilted her head a little, like she had no idea what she was talking about. “You were poor, then?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFbYWgWQbX
Aella giggled. “No, we weren’t poor. We just didn’t have as much money as all the really rich people, like the royalty.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEsAy4PkJA
“Oh.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOmPQ0PJjg
”Mhm.” Aella smiled absently and returned to stroking her horse.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUi6pwUVmdB
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. 736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfqxT5IYKR
”… huh?” Aella looked back over at her. What could she possibly be apologizing for? They were both being so nice to her…736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4MPpAhI1E
"I’m not good with people." She shrugged. "So, sorry."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDsxZGr9Jr
“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?736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgpeKr4pYv
She nodded, looking to the side again. “… Thanks.” Aella just grinned at her new friend.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBrCnLkaoz
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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS10G1Ma515
”I’m boooored,” Aella drawled after a minute or so.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f94wFTvT3
Neoma looked up. “What do you want to do then?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZejXpfFOw
She gave the question some serious thought. “Dunno. What’s there to do?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAsH9FXf2d
”We are riding on horses. What IS THERE to do?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNGYOJ3DVv
“…. Dunno?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxTeOVdsyt
She grumbled a bit, then sighed. “I dont know, either.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCcPrul6sz
”Aww.” Aella sighed. “So we’re gonna be bored until we get somewhere?” That sounded… boring.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaEf1uikDE
”I think so. Yeah.” Neoma glared at Luna, who was trying to hop off the horse.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK67e6LOMA7
Aella groaned and thunked her head dramatically on the horse’s neck (said horse just snorted). This could take FOREVER!736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1a0Gyl9GjB
“Oh, calm down, its not that bad.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsG85rJY4j
“… Fine.” She pouted.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWX91ZDGn9
Neoma looked off to the side, following along the road, while Aella started humming quietly to herself. Neoma watched the other, then looked away.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXt5vYBTfp
It wasn’t long before Aella was shifting restlessly again.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHg36aUbWq
"You’re bored again, aren’t you?" Neoman had shifted postions by then, laying with her arms around the horse’s neck.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGZnvihAfR
"Maaaybe."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5U0Fi3S9Z
”It’s in your body language. You’re acting fidgety, so either you’re nervous or bored.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzlIm4UIoc
“… Okay, bored.” Wow, Neoma was smart!736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4yYAdUN6q
She rolled her eyes. “Well, you can continue to ask questions, I guess. It’s almost sunset, give it an hour or two.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpy5Lqu2tB
“Okay~”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXiRCgYcym
After a long drawn out silence, Neoma stated, “At least France and England aren’t at war?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHeE5w1pSS
”That wouldn’t be fun,” she agreed.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahLeeqXcfP
"War isnt an easy thing, no matter your social status."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE77u6lAwNC
Aella shook her head with a slight frown. “Mom says it’s really awful.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2Ddcjk4Vq
She looked ahead. “England and France go to war a lot, dont they?” She asked this quickly, glancing aside.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrfRMApkhU
She nodded. “Yeah… why?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFyIZegvPq
”Just making sure I was right.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRCYUADhrb
“Oh.~ Well, you are!”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lGoU0uudp
Neoma looked at the girl. “We need to blend in with the locals, though.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzmNy3Ui2I
She frowned. “Um… Okay. How exactly do we do that?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kbNA9CCG8
”Fashion.” Neoma had a hint of a smirk on her face, and tilted her head a bit. “Which is ALWAYS fun…”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0t9RgXPkI
“I know!~”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlK3KrDyQp
”That was sarcasm, nuts for brains.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzju2JuItu
“… It was? But fashion IS fun,” Aella said matter-of-factly. How could Neoma think otherwise? That just didn’t make sense.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoCIUxT4x4
”Not Earth fashion.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGHZMDZRaA
“Uh-huh,” she said stubbornly. 736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXC24SzsLo1
”I much prefer my world’s fashion. Less skirt-y.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdO4E0LayC
“Skirts are nice.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaOf5Z4ePN
”Ugh, nope.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg17Pm3sCpq
“Yep!~”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ixdzj3PuV
”No, pants and shorts are much more convenient and comfortable.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOkbPwreBk
“But skirts and dresses are prettier.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOUlrKDCXQ
”And?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoHesFQCqU
“And what?” Aella blinked. 736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrJ7891Us7
”What use is looking pretty if you can’t do anything while you do?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rsvSVWtPu
“Who says you have to do anything that might ruin your clothes while you look pretty?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJheqbOoOfR
”Because nothing fun comes out of it!”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqJIjAtj22
“It’s fun to be pretty!”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSyDw47ZpK
”I’d rather not.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUM1Yghg4RM
“That’s too bad, then. I like looking pretty.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmyFZ8vbvdy
"And I really don’t care."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPxVj7es1P
Aella pouted, and Neoma gave a sly grin.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7MCsr8eQL
“… Won’t you have to wear a dress to blend in, though?” The girl suddenly questioned.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡii3A8W519X
”Shit.” She groaned, hitting her head on the horse’s neck.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjzpSpycFN
Aella laughed. “Shut up.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcM6tdCcu6
“Sorry…”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78fmQNvelz
She gave some sort of odd hand signal, not raising her head.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGUiGhwGKra
Aella was still grinning a bit. “I do think you’ll look pretty in a dress, though.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJzztaEbBv
”I don’t… like dresses….”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kI6MVUWWZ
“It’ll be alright… they’re not THAT bad.~”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXFFvPpgXH
”This is coming from Miss Happy-Cheery.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8soZ6zIg5b
Aella just grinned wider.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGnikSMDxz
”Not a compliment.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrT7HjBBDwW
“Sounds like one to me.~”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnv4A3lpJ5
”Well, it isn’t.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GEBRznATI
“Why not? Isn’t being happy and cheerful a good thing?” How confusing.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwckkUMgoD
”To you, maybe.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVFifz17rp
“Why not to you?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXe9zQ3bVau
”I get annoyed easily.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5pjWVRtzp
“… 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…736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOoZOphgV1
”…” Neoma finally raised her head, glaring at her.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcUD0Joc6pT
Aella went silent for a moment. Oops. “Sorry.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGNJ4yoZuh
”No, no…”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4m2lLFElX
She gave her a confused look, and Neoma made that hand gesture again. Aella blinked, then looked away to her horse.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHTQJjo681
* * * * *736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0G1v6IzGo
Neoma poked a small fire with stick, staying near its heat. “Okay, so do you like fish, by any chance?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkI49jyuDZZ
Aella nodded, brightening considerably. “I like pretty much all seafood.~”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXu91PHIke
“The next town is a seaside town…” She poked it again, her hand moving over to the fruit.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lZSA7BymX
”Oh, yay!~” Towns on the coast were her favorite! Like her home.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWwS6eVXuU
Neoma looked at the girl again. “How old are you?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyry7536iw
”Fifteen, why?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKVYTHUCl9
“Hmm.” She gazed into the fire, then looked to the side. “In your years, I’m 19.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEBR8lcGfF
”My years?” Aella tipped her head curiously. Were her years special or something? Maybe they were longer. Or really short. Or…736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphLWd39lyC
“Human.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qBw2WE35S
Oh. “What kind of years do you use? And how old are you in those?”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLxHvMz6K6
“For my species, years are nothing. I’m much older in that time.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aOBycTn9b
”Wow…” Neoma didn’t look old, but it sounded like she was ancient!736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD7Nld97sX
She nodded slowly.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS1HCiUHcI
”What about Luna?” Aella wondered.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK04JGrosL4
“Luna is sixteen.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡME0pwtB4BB
”Oh.~” Almost the same age as herself!736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqK7E9YA2NS
She nodded again, sliding over the basket. Aella poked around inside it and pulled out a tasty-looking fruit.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYcdpP3Pjg
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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzciYUT4aIW
”Shadows can burn?” Aella piped up curiously.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSsGPnFvNx
“When they turn into something physical, yes.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAD3pwSioxg
”… huh.” Whatever that meant.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdigPTOa6sS
“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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tbzR5U1GC
“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.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51ARW4OmzO
”… 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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtU9VFHflZ9
"Woah…" The blonde stared as it got a shadowy look again, and Neoma used her fingernail to start carving something into it. 736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq0Yz9wSED
"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."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOlTjouodH
”… Uh huh..?” Aella’s head was spinning by then, absolutely confused. She really DID try to pay attention, but…736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ULZ1x0rM1
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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8g6Icyrqee
”But… why?” she asked, trying to sort all of this information out.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpYJidQuB3
“It’s only a shadow, Aella.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3OS6uLHmu
”Okay..”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbmnUevzBx
“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.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmyYKa4KUX
”Oh.” That, at least, seemed to make a little more sense…736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqurrGalFwE
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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zHhNlewJ3
”Wow… that’s really neat.” Aella’s eyes were wide.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmQiVex8wf
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.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj8L9N4Ug6
”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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfVMNL9dFL
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.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡticOuQZRvG
"Just… punch it?" Aella tipped her head.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH1XKmeJ1Ro
“Not too hard, just proving a point here.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9Q20ans4p
”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.”736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTm3URM5pcc
"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."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPOyiPFA4Z
"Huh."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzVh09gVYA
She nodded. “Fire might crack it.” She pushed down the shield, looking at the shadow ball still sitting in the fire.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlYDuPiV2Z
Aella blinked. “Huh,” she repeated.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZz98QFZjWH
"Now, if you got your hands on a light weapon, you could break it too. A fire one would probably burn your hand, though…"736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndFfTjiShW
"That’s really interesting.~" Aella hummed, gazing into the fire and the black pit in its center.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7aCihexdy
Neoma nodded, looking at the sky. “The stars here are weird,” she stated unexpectedly.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0S8IEmxIl
"Weird how?" Aella looked at her, blinking.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABG0QRzPCc
"Not in the same places." She shook her head.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3ses9vb7n
"So it’s different in your world, huh… I’d like to see how they look there."736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95Ml48LP7u
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.736Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKFFetGvu4
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