Neoma lightly nudged Aella with her foot. “Hey. Wake up.” 725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxSFl9DRnw
Aella twitched and yawned. “Mm?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdMTwCeR5L
"Come on. Or I will flip you into a pool of water." She nudged her again.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquzv4mZymR
Aella’s eyes flashed open. “I’m up!”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmwgWMPqxb
"Except we have no water around," Luna pointed out.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFHmTqcWzN
"…" Aella looked around. As Luna said, not so much as a puddle in their immediate area. "Oh."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0I2hn72pmz
Luna giggled. “You’ll learn when and when not to fall for her tricks.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQR12G6hSQI
Neoma shrugged, getting up on her horse. “Don’t eat too much, we need that food.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdi8vcg58v
Aella laughed along with Luna, and slowly got up. Wow, she was sore…725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuA8RzqYxQb
Luna paused in her laughter. “But….but I wanna go hunting,” she whined.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGh1ZlZNN9
"Luna, what can you catch out here?"725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtomNehwjzq
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…725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKfiCQkxnU
"Um…."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFcVJIj810
"Exactly." 725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQH119JULX
Aella pulled herself up onto her horse. “Didn’t know you hunted.~”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHPk7aZolq
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?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YTAA9ENnW
"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!725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jY1pQLPRd
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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhtsZpIFFE
"How far do you think we’ll get today?~"725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6eQ41wgopy
The elemental shrugged, looking down at the shadowy horse.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoTH3Wyibt
She let it drop and started humming absently, gazing up at the sky.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6S94itJVPl
"….What do you want to know?" Neoma finally asked, after about 20 minutes of silence.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bNGG6j1DG
"I wanna know a lot of stuff!" she said enthusiastically. Neoma was actually OFFERING to answer her questions? This was wonderful!725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rj48QzoXr
"Well, ask away."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5pn6RWmY5
"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?"725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1EHDZIWSf
"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."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WYhjIi6bo
"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?"725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNgyO6ScI3
"I guess. She assists with my fighting, magic, and so on. And no."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHNytqF2Sq
Aella made a face at the last one. “Aw.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUIb7I46Rr
"What else?" Neoma finally looked over at her, and her face brightened further at this.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCy9Ge2ImBp
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?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HUjShxZUP
She glanced over at Luna. “Yes. Not a lot.” 725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfWL1lPM1Y
Aella tipped her head. “What DO you know?” she wondered. 725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHTteOqQzK
"The name implies a lot. And I guess silver hurts them?"725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0nd3uKPNj
"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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcaBeGa2gT
Neoma nodded. “Anything else?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWR5IyqWYf
Aella hesitated. “Why are we going to France?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdyPL8pTDq
"So Luna and I can go home."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPZaLFdL6p
"Is your home that way?"725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6KeC2FUKG
"Hm…you can say that." Neoma frowned. "…Well. Have you heard of these things… they’re called dimension ties."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVuIM6S4Xi
"… huh?" Her expression went completely blank, and her mind matched.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjW56qyJ74
"That’s what we call them, I don’t know your word for it." She patted her horse for a second.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf6GxPMiYt
”What exactly are they?” she asked, utterly confused.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6kOHpLZTy
”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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgJ9vXgmfq
Oh, she was zoning out. Not that what Neoma was saying made much sense, but it was rude to stop listening!725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauQt7EV4N1
”…Earth. Do you think it’s the only place with life forms?!”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprJGoYSIQy
”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?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWzPSp84N1
She nodded. “Yeah, part of it.” Luna looked up, tilting her head for a moment, then gave a purr, making Aella inwardly squeal.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FQ8qySOGo
"Will I ever get the chance to see it?"725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnSGI2eyQO
"You might," She looked up, "if we ever GET THERE."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡim6Ymg82Vj
”Yay!~”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQgHt9HuY1
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?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fpenEsD3I
”Mm?” Aella looked over at her. “Pretty normal, I guess. Middle-class family, lived in a pretty coastal town in England…”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoslOI1BOa
“…. Middle class….” She tilted her head a little, like she had no idea what she was talking about. “You were poor, then?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0wEnNNyIxo
Aella giggled. “No, we weren’t poor. We just didn’t have as much money as all the really rich people, like the royalty.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIX9ZhefCl
“Oh.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi231o43Q29
”Mhm.” Aella smiled absently and returned to stroking her horse.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeE0JCUWtm6
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. 725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTvJMbOH16
”… huh?” Aella looked back over at her. What could she possibly be apologizing for? They were both being so nice to her…725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGqz0Bcs0I
"I’m not good with people." She shrugged. "So, sorry."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPDfe4DGw8
“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?725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Yf2X7WH9Z
She nodded, looking to the side again. “… Thanks.” Aella just grinned at her new friend.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTEFdBNnAx
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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPL7NftGKRF
”I’m boooored,” Aella drawled after a minute or so.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT50vlVPMut
Neoma looked up. “What do you want to do then?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwco4OyzRAZ
She gave the question some serious thought. “Dunno. What’s there to do?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lGsKJ9GQE
”We are riding on horses. What IS THERE to do?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YBax3qBJU
“…. Dunno?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wwe24FSzO
She grumbled a bit, then sighed. “I dont know, either.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuxtBUQd6y
”Aww.” Aella sighed. “So we’re gonna be bored until we get somewhere?” That sounded… boring.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5V0jBwuq3d
”I think so. Yeah.” Neoma glared at Luna, who was trying to hop off the horse.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLYGnlhi4U
Aella groaned and thunked her head dramatically on the horse’s neck (said horse just snorted). This could take FOREVER!725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4o4uUNQak
“Oh, calm down, its not that bad.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtwefzGrDT
“… Fine.” She pouted.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpvcozzrnx
Neoma looked off to the side, following along the road, while Aella started humming quietly to herself. Neoma watched the other, then looked away.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbODeSpcuqC
It wasn’t long before Aella was shifting restlessly again.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FAOmEpuUt
"You’re bored again, aren’t you?" Neoman had shifted postions by then, laying with her arms around the horse’s neck.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDl69I6shMx
"Maaaybe."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDD28qOByU2
”It’s in your body language. You’re acting fidgety, so either you’re nervous or bored.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dRkIMCZlp
“… Okay, bored.” Wow, Neoma was smart!725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5S7HnwyIK7
She rolled her eyes. “Well, you can continue to ask questions, I guess. It’s almost sunset, give it an hour or two.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmggD2Oy4N
“Okay~”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPcUPWwhXf
After a long drawn out silence, Neoma stated, “At least France and England aren’t at war?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vVliVteQ6
”That wouldn’t be fun,” she agreed.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGmZlti1uY
"War isnt an easy thing, no matter your social status."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFemrxYmWRO
Aella shook her head with a slight frown. “Mom says it’s really awful.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0FdyDDxpc
She looked ahead. “England and France go to war a lot, dont they?” She asked this quickly, glancing aside.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoN6SLjFhyG
She nodded. “Yeah… why?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvfZwMRjg5
”Just making sure I was right.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2ZtMw4Aoy
“Oh.~ Well, you are!”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwuiTc6ugh
Neoma looked at the girl. “We need to blend in with the locals, though.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAtKEzqlH5
She frowned. “Um… Okay. How exactly do we do that?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLyId1vsfQ
”Fashion.” Neoma had a hint of a smirk on her face, and tilted her head a bit. “Which is ALWAYS fun…”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IpS395GR6
“I know!~”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ABigKzPlg
”That was sarcasm, nuts for brains.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAx5BWhsZw
“… It was? But fashion IS fun,” Aella said matter-of-factly. How could Neoma think otherwise? That just didn’t make sense.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmWdc3fzWL
”Not Earth fashion.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYJNkW02up
“Uh-huh,” she said stubbornly. 725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufFaRHQ8UA
”I much prefer my world’s fashion. Less skirt-y.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGk6bm4n9R7
“Skirts are nice.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVuX7lLrwT
”Ugh, nope.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3lyLgLv74
“Yep!~”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhb8znRvXW
”No, pants and shorts are much more convenient and comfortable.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtu8pqPFdUe
“But skirts and dresses are prettier.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVW1fd3CyU
”And?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDpd4k8q6a
“And what?” Aella blinked. 725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDc9d9EZNn
”What use is looking pretty if you can’t do anything while you do?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5m0zE8FjQI
“Who says you have to do anything that might ruin your clothes while you look pretty?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ209JrnIu1m
”Because nothing fun comes out of it!”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFLGb5CN0K
“It’s fun to be pretty!”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8vSA6cZhd
”I’d rather not.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbKddGOyAXi
“That’s too bad, then. I like looking pretty.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawqqTaO3Jq
"And I really don’t care."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnhnj5Omvi
Aella pouted, and Neoma gave a sly grin.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj88Ft8zahC
“… Won’t you have to wear a dress to blend in, though?” The girl suddenly questioned.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmOLTxeHaq
”Shit.” She groaned, hitting her head on the horse’s neck.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArZwPn2Ytu
Aella laughed. “Shut up.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0RcoMrjRC
“Sorry…”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3CeFm0BPx
She gave some sort of odd hand signal, not raising her head.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk8saIp6C4
Aella was still grinning a bit. “I do think you’ll look pretty in a dress, though.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJR5PQyvvR
”I don’t… like dresses….”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATewFJWTIi
“It’ll be alright… they’re not THAT bad.~”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMVZglFHd9
”This is coming from Miss Happy-Cheery.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbVdn9jEa8
Aella just grinned wider.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMTc0hGBc3
”Not a compliment.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfSsOvKfLB
“Sounds like one to me.~”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY612aQXmJJ
”Well, it isn’t.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjPb5g5kAo
“Why not? Isn’t being happy and cheerful a good thing?” How confusing.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavHg3HRftl
”To you, maybe.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCEOqLhl0e
“Why not to you?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOvN4LDijl
”I get annoyed easily.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLu9HNeBjNx
“… 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…725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fVBQ75pfC
”…” Neoma finally raised her head, glaring at her.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw5Y6RpQi45
Aella went silent for a moment. Oops. “Sorry.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44RK9pomPQ
”No, no…”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nlLaRu89V
She gave her a confused look, and Neoma made that hand gesture again. Aella blinked, then looked away to her horse.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2uxevE0do
* * * * *725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkARVXSbwV
Neoma poked a small fire with stick, staying near its heat. “Okay, so do you like fish, by any chance?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtDdTrDJ46
Aella nodded, brightening considerably. “I like pretty much all seafood.~”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7huKgHe3q
“The next town is a seaside town…” She poked it again, her hand moving over to the fruit.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCYPXd6Ge9
”Oh, yay!~” Towns on the coast were her favorite! Like her home.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTeXFoXI29
Neoma looked at the girl again. “How old are you?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNxbfmDIai
”Fifteen, why?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuLb5aOWHR
“Hmm.” She gazed into the fire, then looked to the side. “In your years, I’m 19.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgSFgozf2K7
”My years?” Aella tipped her head curiously. Were her years special or something? Maybe they were longer. Or really short. Or…725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpE5b5yCpUS
“Human.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddhr7YxeMc
Oh. “What kind of years do you use? And how old are you in those?”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8VY5Zhix2
“For my species, years are nothing. I’m much older in that time.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXlE0mJTaf
”Wow…” Neoma didn’t look old, but it sounded like she was ancient!725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kxpOUmV4B
She nodded slowly.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBia53skNJl
”What about Luna?” Aella wondered.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yuD0Aabqy
“Luna is sixteen.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMRzWKSb2U
”Oh.~” Almost the same age as herself!725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubcqD8PiPG
She nodded again, sliding over the basket. Aella poked around inside it and pulled out a tasty-looking fruit.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTs5uDrUeeK
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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZeRYsBbsPB
”Shadows can burn?” Aella piped up curiously.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFl8QUszYC
“When they turn into something physical, yes.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEjW0wkZ6p
”… huh.” Whatever that meant.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaQGBCyObC
“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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4O17VtpIPZ
“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.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEasrFEEwD
”… 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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouC5EsYuV6
"Woah…" The blonde stared as it got a shadowy look again, and Neoma used her fingernail to start carving something into it. 725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYvVNPXvOx
"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."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTQoSIweWi
”… Uh huh..?” Aella’s head was spinning by then, absolutely confused. She really DID try to pay attention, but…725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93P2P9hTGt
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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJS8tKYP34a
”But… why?” she asked, trying to sort all of this information out.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4KTTBWAHE
“It’s only a shadow, Aella.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DCeLy16Hj
”Okay..”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeE1mtu5jIz
“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.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVwIBzAwSA
”Oh.” That, at least, seemed to make a little more sense…725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6ihcVzMGD
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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBA8dyXPVZp
”Wow… that’s really neat.” Aella’s eyes were wide.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRxW8Lu2CN
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.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPW5tY9A56x
”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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeWaCEILjc
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.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ646cSGkela
"Just… punch it?" Aella tipped her head.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fw4ohTnpl
“Not too hard, just proving a point here.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDkmQW39Ys
”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.”725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡssl5o6p6wQ
"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."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbClyqzAc2U
"Huh."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1t0eWXXAn3
She nodded. “Fire might crack it.” She pushed down the shield, looking at the shadow ball still sitting in the fire.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMnxIUaerD
Aella blinked. “Huh,” she repeated.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNoM4q2xxO
"Now, if you got your hands on a light weapon, you could break it too. A fire one would probably burn your hand, though…"725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgyfabsXxo
"That’s really interesting.~" Aella hummed, gazing into the fire and the black pit in its center.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24zNx4iEAO
Neoma nodded, looking at the sky. “The stars here are weird,” she stated unexpectedly.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfxCVfSqwo
"Weird how?" Aella looked at her, blinking.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV5KzG6zwD
"Not in the same places." She shook her head.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ilQ9Ko4zc
"So it’s different in your world, huh… I’d like to see how they look there."725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOhyd23d7g
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.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9BilfCWZe
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