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Ehri couldn't help but to notice that the second Isbeil came in, Alm quickly gave up on asking her about her abilities, even though he seemed to be so interested a few moments before. That surely wasn't just curiosity about her... She didn't know exactly what he wanted but she couldn't help but think that he in fact had some other motives to be interested about her... The way he looked at her, how he seemed to almost study Isa with his eyes before continuing. He was asking too much about her, about the Old Blood clan, it's rituals, it's secrets... but said nothing about himself nor about his abilities...
Isbeil on the other hand was much more direct about what she wanted, maybe even a little too much. Describing herself as a 'scholar' she mentioned she studied obscure forms of magic and even asked if she could 'mark' Ehri with spells and surprisingly enough, a bit of her blood in order to better understand her powers. Ehri knew how powerful magic could be and above everything else, she knew very well the power of blood. Why did she want her blood? Why both of them wanted so bad to know about a forgotten clan who lived far away from civilization?
Sharing not only her discomfort, but also her thoughts, Isa, who was sitting down near Ehri, stood up, looking at Alm and Isbeil with wary eyes and Misha had his eyes fixed on them, carefully watching every movement they made. Even though Isa wasn't being hostile, as she wasn't showing her fangs and Misha didn't even opened his wings in a hostile posture, both Alm and Isbeil were almost able to physically feel Ehri and the animals' cautious stares towards them, trying to judge their true intentions.
"You two ask too much about my clan's rituals and secrets, but tell nothing about yourselves..." Ehri said, with a clearly annoyed expression.
"But if we are going to work together, it is unavoidable for you to know more about me." Ehri said, conforming herself to the fact that sooner or later they would find out more about her powers, causing both Misha and Isa to become a little less wary.
"To be a 'skinchanger' means to share not just one's mind, but body and soul with your companion. It means to embrace your animal side. To accept you are not just a human, but a beast as well. Borrow their strengths, their senses, their instincts, making them part of you. While hunting, we feel what our companions feel, we hear what they hear, we know their movements and they know ours. While hunting, the boundaries between what is human and what is animal are almost inexistent. We taste the warm blood of the prey we hunt, we feel the thrill, the excitement of the chase exactly as our companions do." Ehri said, carefully studying both Alm's and Isbeil's reactions as she said that.
"Our powers, our abilities aren't something that can be acquired, trained or stolen. They come from our blood and from how we lived all these years. They are not flashy and fantastical like other types of magics. Living so closely with wild animals, we learned with them, just like they did with us. We became faster, stronger, we learned how to move ourselves like they do, we learned how to hunt like they hunt, we learned to not ignore our instincts, to remember what you who call yourselves 'civilized' have forgotten." Ehri continued.
Even though both animals still were looking cautiously towards Alm and, to some extent, Isbeil, a few small changes could be noted.
Misha was puffing it's feathers and Isa standing in an imposing posture, almost like if they were proud of what Ehri said.
"Although I'm not that comfortable with the idea of giving you my blood, if you want, you can create a temporal link with my mind if it will help you to better understand the skinchangers." Ehri completed, looking to both Isbeil and Alm.