[i]"...W-Whatever you need. Please take it."[/i] That was all she could manage as she felt the soft pads of the fox's limbs stepping along her shoulder blades. Each flicking tail that ran across her skin stopped suddenly, and she could see its head tilt in from the left to look at her. ...Was that...curiosity in its eyes? The softest, beady black...That was all she could see, but there was some kind of light in them...? She didn't have time to really ponder upon the idea much longer, once it pulled back, using her neck as leverage to climb atop he head and place its paws down until it slid over her eyes and gently forced the lids to close down. "...tђє tгยtђ Ŧ๏г tђє tгยtђ. tђเร เร tђє קคςt tђคt ฬє รђคll ๓คкє." The truth for the truth?... ...Her eyes. Her eyes felt as if they' been set ablaze for a split second, yet there would be no pain. As if fire had licked up them, but it had not been for the intention of harming them. With a small mumble dished out, she took a deep breath whilst she waited. This...This would help her avoid that abomination she had seen earlier, correct? ...It would be worth it, she supposed...Though, the next sensation was all too confusing. Her mouth was forced open, and it felt as if something was being forced out from it. A part of her very soul extracted past her lips and taken as a result. Once he lips were able to close again, the paws were removed. "๏קєภ ץ๏ยг єץєร. เ ђคשє ﻮเשєภ ץ๏ย tђє ค๒เlเtץ t๏ รєє ๒єץ๏ภ๔ tђє lเєร tђคt lคץ ฬเtђเภ tђเร ฬ๏гl๔..." That was what Aether said as he slid back down, curling up at her shoulders once again, noticeably more...transparent, than before. Faded, in a sort of manner. But that wasn't the first thing she saw when she opened her eyes. No...The luminescent irises saw [i]more[/i] than before. Through the white walls of the room, she saw an entire castle, domain, zone of glass. Hidden pathways through solid walls that she never would have known about. Traps laying under floors that looked harmless, and most importantly?.. W͙͉̝͎͔͛̊͗ͣ́͂̃̐ͧ̀͝Ḧ͙̼̺̱̞̮̒E̜̗̟̳͓̠̿̃͠R̵̪̹̝͍̳ͩ͋̈́ͬͧͦͫ̋̔E̵̟̗͙̭̭̝̗̿̊̃́̀ ̲̣̼̰̞̫ͧͨ͂͜͟͜ͅH̶̫̼͌͂ͮͣͨ͒̊ͬ͝͡Ą̶̢̟̘̼̫͎͕͙ͯ̒̄́̋ͅS̥̘̘̲͙̼̣̬͊ͫ̓ͦ͑̿̓͡ ̤̤̠ͣ̇̉̀̒̀͡M̠͈̘̜̘͓̋̿͑ͫ̉̿͆͢͟͝Y͓̎̌͌̈̊̋ ̷̳̭̬̭̏̓͋̎ͨ̍͘G͔̙ͤ̇̂͒̽̔Ự̙̬̫͕̲̂͑ͫ̊̉͊̈́͢Ȩ̠̬̯̝͕͚̫ͦͩ̀S̰͕̍͊̂ͯ͛͂̀͟T̡̞͔̳͊̌̓͛̓ͯ͑ͥͧ͞ ̡̰͇̱̗̘̫͚̿̓ͤ̚͟͞G̶͖̰̺̃̓̊̎̔ͣ͛ͬO̘̺̤ͮ̒̒̍̆̈́͊̏ͩ͜N͈ͧ͑ͨ̄̀E͌̈́̉̊͋̌̓ͧ͏̦̘̖?̺̱͚̜̼̥̭̦̀ͧ͗̾̊͟!̵͔͉ͣͨ̓͆ ̰̳͖͍̹̙͎̜̏ͨ̾ͣͥͭͭ͛͑W̪͔͙̻͔͚̓ͩ̈́͊H̖̳͚͇͖͇̟̥ͫ͋ͩ̇͐͟Ê̡͔͈̠̒̊͋̔ͧͬ͑R̦̘ͩ̂ͣͥ̔ͫ͢E̶̠̱͕͈͕͙̘͋̈̎͘ ̶̰̠̙̳̰̯ͧ̐̃ͤͯA̔ͥ̕͏̧͎͚͖̰R̸̠̀̐̔Ę̯͇̟ͣ̽ͦ͑ͩ ̶̨̝̜ͫ͌̉̀̋Y̡̳̑͑̃́̈̚͡Oͭ҉̷̬̰̬̭̖U̧̙̪̦͈͔̳̣͛̽̐ͭ̚ͅͅ!̜̳͓͉͖̼͇̗͊̊ͤ͟ ̧̤̯̽̋̿ͤ͂ͥ͐͒̕W̸̻͎̘̻̜̝͌̍͘͢Ḧ̴͕͓̱͇̝̫͇͂̐̊ͯ̾ͅË̴͕̥̪͈̝R̳͕̘̱̼͔̤̺͎ͩ̈ͯͮ̆͡E̴͚̭̥͎͖ͮͪ̈́̑ͅ ̲̪̏͢Ȁ̢̙̳̳͓̭̼̃ͫ́̌ͬ͝͝R̨̦̗͚̳͈̺̳ͭ̌Ȩ̖̦̰̗͇͉̠̅̂̔ͤ̋̃̊̿͠ ͇̱̏͛̀Y̡̭̫̜ͧ͑O͉͙͓͈͙̞̼ͦͯ͗͛ͯ͒̓̋̕͜Ư̷̳̩̣̬̗̤̭̖͊̃̓̾ͫ̈̇,̪̠͔̽ͬ̈́͊̅̉ ͕ͪ̄̃͗̇ͧY̧̟̝̹̺̋͆ͪO̢ͥ̋͂̍ͨ̍̈́̾́͏̬̩̙͔̜̱ͅỤ̵͚͔̫ͣ̆ͯ͞ ̪̘̜̈̂ͅR̯̱ͣ͐̒͒ͦ͊ͪͨ͠͡U̝̗̽̄ͩ͑̈́̋́́D̸̷͔̳̯̥ͤ̆ͨ͒̉ͥȨ̠̠̣̟̟̞̿̓͊ͭ͂̽̅ͫ̀̕ ̵̹̜̪̖̗̲͈͒ͬ͂̀ͭ̇̋̄́Iͧ҉̠̼̜͔͚̰N̴͕̪̻̹͙̺͙̗ͣ̌͂̇̎̾̽͐ͧ͞͡V͎͖̩̻̮̰̗̼͑́͑ͯ̿̚͘Ā̷̖̼̯͕̤̞̳̬̥̇ͨ̀̀D̠͕͆͐̉̇͟Ę̵̻̟̬̟̰̫̜͕͐̍R̙̳̙̠̭̙̓̄̉̾̈̉̕?̶̞͉̗̣̠̹̞̪ͯ̄ͮͧ̍̐͂͢!̴̯̟̣͔̭̝̌͌́͒͑ͭ͆̋ͅ ̵̶̩̖͚̜̥ͨͭ̋̽́ͤ͆̕C͚͉̞͖̱̮̻͛̋̈́͡O̡͋͌ͪͤ̅͆͐ͦ͏͈̖̻̥̤̱M̛͈̻̤͚̹̪̭̒̅̀͌̅́͠E̳̭̥̪͉͍͆͛̎͘͡ͅ ̛͎̗̗͈̜͈́ͣͥͥ̾͝Ǫ̷̬̹̺̟̼̻́͗ͦ̅̈́̕U͔̖͔͈̯̦͗̿̐ͧ̕T̳̙̯͕͎̰̝͑̀̏̓̃͑!̢͍̖̹͔̲͕̤̭͑͋̑ͭ͜ ...The abomination, peaking through each and every corner it could find. "ץ๏ย รђ๏ยl๔ ﻮ๏. ợยเςкlץ. รђє ฬเll Ŧเภ๔ tђเร г๏๏๓ ร๏๏ภ." Ah...Her lips parted in order to thank Aether for the kindness it had shown- [i]"I don't need you telling me what to do."[/i] ...And those glowing eyes widened. T...T-That wasn't what she had wanted to say....That wasn't what she wanted at all! What was going on?! [i]"I doubt you know what's going on, so there's no point in asking you..."[/i] Her entire body tensed, terror in her mind as she began to realize that...what she was saying was the opposite of what she wanted to say. ...[b]Truth for the truth.[/b] Had this fox given her this sight....in return for taking away her honesty? ...The most precious thing to her, the honesty of her words and the faith in her beliefs...And now she would be able to speak them no more. She looked ready to cry on the concept that her mouth would weave wicked things from here on out, but it was not before Aether spoke once again. "tђє ﻮเŦt เ ђคשє ﻮเשєภ t๏ ץ๏ย เร คll เ ςคภ ๔๏ t๏ tгץ คภ๔ ﻮเשє ץ๏ย ค ςђคภςє คt รยгשเשคl. ...ﻮ๏. รђ๏ฬ ๓є...รђ๏ฬ ๓є ђ๏ฬ ๔єรקєгคtєlץ ץ๏ย ฬเll ςlเภﻮ t๏ lเŦє ภ๏ฬ, єเкค ๓ยภครђเเ. รђ๏ฬ ๓є ђ๏ฬ ๓ยςђ ץ๏ย ฬคภt t๏ lเשє." ...How much...she wanted to live? ...She bit her lip as she heard a shriek come from the upset "host" of this domain closing in, and promptly took few steps forward to the hallway that extended past the solid wall. With one hand coming out at first, slipping through ever so easily, the glass...seemed to become like that of a liquid as she stepped through it. ...This vision could let her see the truth? ...Alright. Alright then. She took deep breath, looked through the glass walls to see the monster turn -- sensing her come into her jurisdiction of the realm once more -- and promptly took off running for her dear life. Whether Aether existed on her shoulder still or not was not something she could see -- all that she could keep her eyes on in order to live was this brand new world shown to her, jumping over trap, dodging over another, all-in-all... ѕυяνινιηg.