[h3][color=mediumspringgreen]Alex[/color][/h3]

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Alex had an uncomfortable realization.

After explaining everything, she was supposed to feel at least a little better. But she didn't. She had been away from Wolf for a while, but she could feel things were off. Just like Vera, he didn't seem right. It wasn't the exact same as Vera, but it was still wrong.

Alex sharply inhaled, the feeling in her stomach physically translating to trouble breathing. '[color=mediumspringgreen]I don't even know what's wrong. Do I be more assertive? Do I give Wolf distance? Is it even something on my end?[/color]' Alex wracked her mind for options. '[color=mediumspringgreen]Do I do the opposite of what I did with Vera? W-What were the exact actions I took with her again...? This isn't some stupid video game, that's not going to work at all![/color]' Alex felt like if she acted naturally, things would progress to something... Something she didn't like.

She had to act out. Anything to break out of whatever was currently going on. She might scream into her pillow a year from now thinking about it, but...

"[b][color=mediumspringgreen]I entered that tournament with the name of an old character of mine. Actually, I kind of just played it as her entirely.[/color][/b]" Alex had to break eye contact for a moment, to steel herself for doing something embarrassing. "[b][color=mediumspringgreen]Do you remember? This one was just between us two, since Vera wouldn't have 'got' it...[/color][/b]" She struck a pose - her arms crossed, one hand dramatically covering half of her face. "[b][color=mediumspringgreen]Andras. The demon who walked amongst the Rheans. Who broke the contract of light and dark, free to carry out her own whim.[/color][/b]" She intentionally lowered her voice to add effect, just as she had did years ago.

She relaxed her pose, and returned back to the timid Alex. "[b][color=mediumspringgreen]I thought winning the tournament would have been... Well, I wanted to come back with something awesome under my belt, since my gift-[/color][/b]" Alex nearly froze in place as she realized she never explained to Wolf what her gift had become. "[b][color=mediumspringgreen]My gift completely changed![/color][/b]" Her cards flared into existence around her, each a flat, featureless square of softly glowing gold light. "[b][color=mediumspringgreen]It's... Uh... Complicated. Actually, the last part of my time in the hospital was moreso the therapists trying to understand how it worked... They kept saying it was unsafe and delayed releasing me over and over...[/color][/b]"