It was obvious to everyone that the goddess faded in a less than pleasant state of mind. Whizzle rolled his eyes and he felt Alice weakly kicking his shin, the girl seem to be just as unhappy as she was confused. “Would you stop? That’s getting annoying,” he said.

“No, you..dumb jerk,” Alice wheezed. The comment prompted a sigh, although that was all as Whizzle felt a tingle on his nape.

“Hey, do you mind taking care of her?” He said to the Nekrian. “Got something to do.”

“No you’re not…” Alice shot as she weakly put her hands around Whizzle, which the Midarian simply unhook for every attempt. “Don’t ignore me.”

The Nekrian glared at the two, as if looking at something that wasn’t there, deeply analyzing this nothing. He started to say, “No, I am not.” then paused, as his glare intensified. “If you insist. I can make sure no harm comes to her, skinwalker.” 

“Skinwalker? I have no idea what you’re talking about,” came the smooth reply. Even so, Whizzle didn’t make any move of handing Alice to the Nekrian’s care.

“You are able to lie through your teeth as much as you wish, however I have a much more reliable source for information.” the Nekrian simply grinned. “And perhaps it would be easier if we had names for each other, you may call me Andrew.”

Alice turned her attention to Andrew, as a stranger she had just met, she has no reason to believe what he had said, but when two different people claimed that her brother is a shapeshifter, or at least a shapeshifter with the same name… maybe she should give them a benefit of doubt and ask for details? 

“What makes you sure he’s one?” she muttered to the Nekrian. Whizzle audibly clicked his tongue and stiffened, as if he was deciding on what to do.

Andrew had a sly smile come after his face, “I know many things. How I know these things is my secret. And apparently I accidentally spilled the beans on this man’s secrets. I presumed you two was close, I guess this time I was incorrect.” He then paused, then spoke very matter-of-factly, “It would explain why you are so quick to abandon her.”

“That’s not an answer…” Alice glared at the Nekrian. Anger started to bubble up inside her. How dare this stranger say that! Her brother might be gone for weeks on end, and annoying at times, or pervert with his attempts on some spells, but he also did more than those!

Whizzle let out a sigh, “Geeze, what a crap day… goddesses plans are a pain in the ass…”

Andrew just smirked, “I guess my power isn’t even all that secretive, but it is also something I don’t go around telling people easily.” he pushed away his shirt and moved his neck so it was more visible to reveal a marking, two beads, one black with white dot, and the other was white with a black dot. “You want to know how I know, find out what that symbol means. It is harder task than it may originally appear.”

“I couldn’t care less about that, ” Whizzle shrugged while Alice glared at the Nekrian still, unamused at his vague challenge. “But since you spilled the beans, you’re helping me sweep it up. Or lick it off the floor if that’s how you roll.”

“My trigger finger is itching. Just keep it up, and give me a reason to shoot you, that is if you even know what a gun is, backwater hillbilly.” he said condescendingly. 

“You mean those things your sort used to cover up their inadequacy, uncultured dog?” Whizzle amusedly remarked. He felt another weak kick on his shin and glanced towards a slightly blushing Alice glaring at him. “What? It’s not like that’s wrong.”

Andrew’s demeanor changed, he lowered his head, turned his back, and slowly began to walk off. “I was inadequate.” 

“Huh, that’s new,” Whizzle mused, his head tilting to a side. He had seen some people getting offended, and some that laughed it off. But this was the first time he met someone that quietly accept it. “Oh well, let’s go home and I’ll tell you what you shouldn’t know.”

“Eh? Really?” Alice said, sounding more energetic than she was a moment.

“Yeah, sure, at this rate the next one would be an actual pain in the ass,” Whizzle grumbled as he started to carry Alice to the exit. “I’ll tell you what you need to know… and maybe some other things.”