Ahnasha closed her eyes, thoroughly enjoying everything Fendros was doing. For a moment, she wondered how she ever got by without him. Up until recently, everything about life seemed so simple. She thought she knew everything she wanted, but Fendros had complicated all of that, in a good way. Despite the troubles they would face, Ahnasha couldn't see her life being even a fraction as good without him than if he were there. Opening her eyes, she could think of nothing to say, but looked at him with the brightest smile. 

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Since Janius had placed the keg next to him, Lorag was easily able to refill his mug. For most people, it would not be expected that they could finish an entire keg of alcohol in one sitting, but with Lorag, that logic was seriously questionable. "I know they like magic way too much. They tend to worship these obscure gods no one's ever heard of, and they always seem to get wrapped up in vampirism or lycanthropy. I don't know why, but it always seems to be Bretons that make these covens, like those Reachmen up in Skyrim. You always get these rumors that they have the cure for lycans or vampires, usually some alchemical concoction that would take three years or something to the ingredients for. Who knows, maybe it's true, but from what the Breton girl said, this coven obviously hasn't."

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Under the effects of muffle, Meesei dashed out towards the skeleton as soon as it started to drop, but she too was not physically close enough to catch it. Fortunately, she was able to reach out with telekinesis to slow it enough so she could catch the back of its skull before it hit the ground. Without saying a word, Meesei grabbed onto its shoulders while Ariel took the legs, then they carried it up over the hill safely out of sight. The other two would certainly notice the loss of the third eventually, but since they lacked any real ability to reason, it would be up to the witches themselves to notice the loss of one of their sentries. It was possible that they could notice before the loss before they returned to attack the keep, but hopefully, they would attribute it to wild animals or monsters. Vvardenfell was a dangerous enough region, so it couldn't be too uncommon of an occurrence. 

Meesei and Ariel set the skeleton down on the other side of the hill. While Ariel rid the being of its weapons, Meesei laid her hands on the being to examine its energy. The paralysis spell would not last forever, so time was of the essence. She did not claim to be a master of Conjuration, but she knew enough that she could apply her knowledge of illusion to the problem. In this, the method of teaching her father had used to teach her magic was particularly useful. In Imperial society, they used the concept of different schools of magic to divide magic into different, similar elements, but those schools were merely manmade constructs. In reality, all magic was connected, and that is exactly how Meesei learned to approach it. She did not even know that the "schools" of magic existed until she started to have contact with other cultures outside the village. As a result, her knowledge of magic could only loosely be classified. While she did not have a great deal of knowledge on summoning or necromancy, she did know how to manipulate the mind using magic. While most illusionists would not be able to directly influence the mind of an undead creature, Meesei had practiced before with just that concept. 

A few tense moments passed as Meesei studied the magical energies which formed the mind of the skeleton. As a thrall, its thoughts were radically different from any person or animal. Everything revolved around serving its master, so naturally, Meesei worked to replace its master with herself. It took a few moments, but after Meesei was confident she had succeeded, she took her hands off of the skeleton and allowed the paralysis to dissipate. The skeleton sat up, looked to Meesei, then stood to its feet, waiting on her command. 

Meesei breathed a sigh of relief, then looked to Ariel. "Good, it worked. Now let's get this construct back to the cave so that I may examine it further."