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[color=gray]Location: Inside the Jotunheim[/color][/CENTER]

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With the situation outside having been dealt with, which became clear with her soldiers confirmation, Nellara turned her attention towards Tyreese, who still had his weapon pointed at her and her group. Fortunately, Vigdis put herself between both Nellara and Tyreese as soon as she returned from the outside and put her hand on his weapon, lowering it towards the ground.

With Vigdis' action visibly making Nellara calm down, she turned her attention back to the situation at hand...

While her idea seemed to be the one that would best respect the tenuous 'trust' that both the humans and her group had created after all this exchange, it seemed that much like Nellara's own group, there was some kind of misunderstanding between them, judging by the harsh tones they used as they spoke with one another.

After a brief... 'discussion', Ixtaro once again started using the strange floating images to communicate. 'Weapon', Ixtaro said as she showed a spear, then a bow and a sword. Little explanation was needed for Nellara to understand such a simple concept. Simple objects made for a simple objective. To kill. The words Ixtaro taught them next though were something a bit more complex... 'Broken' and 'Repair', she said as the the sword was put into an anvil and smashed, before it was made whole again.

[color=d3c28b]"It seems that their main objective is repairing their ship, this Jotunheim... They seem to insist quite a bit on this part."[/color] Nellara said to herself, an observation as she continued paying attention to Ixtaro's images.

Curiously enough, after Ixtaro expressed the humans' desire to fix their ship, the next question was one that made Nellara a bit more... cautious. Using the same word from before, 'weapon', Ixtaro produced an image of a Tekeri, with spheres spinning around them and after that, one similar to Shirik, with flames jumping from the image. It was clearly curious about the metal spheres Nellara used and how Shirik was able to conjure flames, once again reinforcing Nellara's theory that the humans had no knowledge of magic... And they seemed to be quite interested by that knowledge...

That question, by itself wouldn't be something that would make Nellara careful, but the fact that Ixtaro conveniently didn't explain that the metal objects on their hands were also 'weapons' made her a bit more... careful regarding how she would approach that subject.

[color=d3c28b]"Whatever it was that made these humans able to build such things, like this fortress-ship or these strange tablets that can conjure magic images... It doesn't seem to be magic..."[/color] Nellara said, replying to Kareet, which seemed to be quite shocked after being confirmed that the humans didn't know what magic was.

[color=d3c28b]"Tyreese, weapon... Teach."[/color] Nellara said, pointing towards the metal object Tyreese had on his hands, making it clear to them that she knew what those were and using the same word Ixtaro used afterwards. The message Nellara wanted to pass wasn't hard to understand. If they wanted knowledge, they would have to give them knowledge as well. An equal exchange.

[color=d3c28b]"The humans are still hiding things from us. Neither one of them showed how their weapons work, yet they want to know about ours..."[/color] Nellara said with a serious tone.

[color=d3c28b]"Knowledge can be extremely dangerous... We should be careful in sharing what we know."[/color] Nellara said, with a sharp stare as she looked towards the humans.
 
Turning back towards the humans, Nellara thought for a bit, trying to find a way to explain them at least about the spheres, since they seemed to think the metal spheres were weapons themselves instead of being mere tools. When Nellara saw one small piece of metal in the ground, apparently coming from one of the many boxes that either Vigdis tripped earlier or that the metal spiders had opened, she calmly walked towards it, picking up from the ground and showing it clearly to the humans.

[color=d3c28b]"Nellara, weapon."[/color] she said, as she dropped the small metal piece, making it float above her hand and raised her other hand in a closed fist, before opening, making her claws touch each other and slide, making an arc of electricity appear for a moment and then disappear.

After that small demonstration was done, she made the small bolt she got from the floor earlier to stop floating and put it back on the ground where it was before returning to her initial position.

Even though that exchange of 'knowledge', or at least the attempt of doing so by the humans made Nellara a bit wary, Vigdis, who previously cooperated with her, grabbed a piece of one of the boxes and made two drawings on it. One of them depicted two figures holding each other's hands. 'Friend', Vigdis said, as she held hands with the human named Tyreese, in what appeared to be a friendly exchange.

The other image was quite self explanatory. The two figures, which were holding each other's hands before, were now attacking each other with swords and spears. 'Foes', Vigdis said as she looked towards Nellara, before giving a step forward and offering her hand, repeating the word related to the friendly exchange she demonstrated with Tyreese.

Even though it seemed to be a simple enough question, Nellara still took quite a bit to reply. She had no idea of what the humans expected of a 'friend'... or even if they idea of 'friends' was the same of theirs. It was only after a good two minutes or so that Nellara finally replied, approaching Vigdis.

[color=d3c28b]"Neither one of us seem to have the intention of fighting... There is much that can be gained with a fair exchange of knowledge..."[/color] Nellara said as she give a step forward and took Vigdis' hand, imitating the gesture she did earlier with Tyreese. Although her reply to Vigdis seemed to be a bit more... careful, than what she probably would have expected.

[color=d3c28b]"Not foes."[/color] Nellara said, shaking her head from one side to the other as she repeated the word 'foes', before dropping the second board Vigdis had given her on the ground and breaking it under her feet.

[color=d3c28b]"Friends...?"[/color] Nellara said, this time as a question as she shook Vigdis' hands. While she was still a bit wary about the humans, that demonstration was clearly showing that she was more inclined to be their 'friends' than their foe and she asked a confirmation of their friendly intentions as much as they did ask hers.

It was exactly at that moment that Kerchak and the soldier that Nellara had dispatched with him to Lenkik suddenly came back with worrying news... An entire platoon of Glen was approaching the Jotunheim... After hearing the soldier's report, Nellara gave a step back, letting go of Vigdis hand as she heard the soldier's words with a worried expression.

[color=d3c28b]"Good job, soldier. Thank you, Kerchak."[/color] Nellara said, thanking both the soldier and Kerchak.

[color=d3c28b]"It might be better for both of you to not go to Lenkik just yet. While we still need the presence of a thought mage... We might also need the presence of an army..."[/color] Nellara said with an ominous tone.

[color=d3c28b]"They know this is Ascendancy territory and still they came with an entire platoon... I fear we might need to prepare for the worse..."[/color] Nellara said as she looked to the group.

Just as she finished saying so, the sound of a horn from the outside announced the arrival of the Glen platoon and a voice arrogantly asked for safe passage, expressing their intent of 'claiming' the fallen star.

Before going out, Nellara turned towards Vigdis and the humans once again, with a serious expression.

[color=d3c28b]"Not friends. Humans, stay."[/color] she said as she pointed outside, insinuating that the new group outside was definitely not friends, although they couldn't be called foes yet, while asking the humans to stay inside.

Walking outside, Nellara stepped forward until she could be clearly seen by the Glen of the House Silbermine.

When she got outside, J'eon, whom she thought had left, could be found already speaking with the Silbermine knights, denying their request of safe passage.

[color=d3c28b]"Knights of the house Silbermine, you stand within Ascendancy territory, in the presence of Castigator Nellara, assigned to Lenkik under direct orders of the Ascendancy!"[/color] Nellara replied, with a loud, authoritative voice as she approached to back J'eon's words.

[color=d3c28b]"There will be no claiming! This fortress-ship is neither yours to claim nor ours to have! This ship and it's inhabitants are under the protection of the Ascendancy. Acts of violence or aggression against them will be considered as a violation of the Ascendancy territorial hegemony and a direct aggression to the Ascendancy itself!"[/color] Nellara shouted with a commanding voice, letting the Glen know that what they were seeing wasn't a 'fallen star' and it couldn't be claimed, as it already had owners, which weren't the Ascendancy.