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Aura smiled as she listened to the two, then that smile faded.

An almost evil sounding chuckle from the doorway to the kitchen. In that doorway sat Eclispe...covered in mud. "Oh Aurahkah..." Another laugh as he gained her look. Oh yes, payback. "Look at what Serino put me through. A run through mud...you know what this means." He gave a snort and turned his nose up wards as he dripped mud from his fur and feathers. "Need to be cleaned and brushed."

Aura who was looking over her shoulder, glared at the wolf. "You got messy on purpose didn't you? You can fly, no one made you trek through mud."

"When chasing a horse who can turn into the wind itself, you pounce when you can, and when he takes form for you to pounce on. Point is, your letter is being delivered, and I need to be attended to." A bark and a wag of a muddy tail."

Shaking her head, Aura stood, still holding Ecara. "Lake, now."

"I'd like the good smelling shampoo too. Don't skimp, you owe me." Another bark and a flap of muddy wings before he stood and turned, trotting outside, leaving behind only a spot of mud, and muddy wolf paw prints.

Her look went to Aurora and Cymarron. "Isn't he just adorable...." Obvious sarcasm that was followed by an exasperated sigh, if you'll excuse me, I have to attend to his Highness." A nod to each and she followed out the kitchen, careful to avoid the mud on the floor.

((I'm out for the night.))

He shook his head with a small laugh, and picked up the whetstone.

"You are as stubborn as the one you woudl mate sometimes. We accept your gift."

He gave a thought, and gave a very mischevious little grin.

"do you know that your knight has a spot on him that makes his leg kick?"

He extended a single claw, and walked aroudn the table, and gently touched the spot right below the ribs on her side.

"right there. tickle that spot, and his leg kicks involuntarily. We found it most amusing."

He grinned at her, and settled back into his seat.

"We are sure you will enjoy yourself immensely with such information. So in return, we wish to know of something else. Malvolence, the blade. do you know where it is kept?"

"No...we don't want it. but yes..we do. It is a blade born of us. shares our gift. fed on blood, and one of them was a psion. if we coudl grasp it again, master it...we woudl know all thoughts of others. we coudl make everyone happy."

He flexed his hand lightly.

"But we know that it is an evil thing. Malik wielded it. we saw him hold it in his grasp. we felt his presence in it...the coldness, the leash. the hate and bloodlust. but it pulls at us sometimes. to be able to know the thoughts of those we care for, and know exactly what they want to make them happy."

"Honestly, we only want to here one's thoughts. Hers. We would assume you would understand. what woudl you give to know Eclipse's thoughts, to know everything that woudl please him at anytime. know all his wishes?"

He sighed lightly.

"But we wonder what the blade's true price woudl be. what woudl it turn us into, to give us that one thing. So we want it..but we also don't want it."

"Betraying? how could he feel that he betrays? Brightsaber tried to tell us we betray Nailah's affection by drowning her in ours...but we know that is not how it is between those two. what betrayal could there be?"

His attention was now entirely focused on the she wolf.

"They are..one. bound soul to soul. we do not see how he can betray her, or she him."

"Blood on thier hands? Tyler and Ecara? Tell us, Aurora...who is...responsible for that? is it us? did we turn them down the path of the beast within? is our way of life..the Hunter's path...what bring them to such bloodshed?"

He looked at her, eyes locking to hers, holding her in his gaze.

"Tell us what you know, Aurora."

"Feral. that is the one of us. the beastial part of us."

He looked down for a moment.

"Who's death? we want to know. The kits are the only ones who hold no hate or fear or reluctance about us. we would not see them become such things..become monsters like we are."