mental link;

[shri]

[ Knock-knock -

- or something like the creak of city gates of her wanting to reach out to anyone else in the hive that will respond. ]

( These ability we have aside from communication. I require a trainer for my own.

And a decent explanation of what they are and their pitfalls. I am not familiar with this kind of... magic. )

[ Yeah she can't think of another word for it. ]

Comments

[shri]

( Ideally this suits to a group situation most of all so that seems feasible. )

[ Ponders a little, because she's already planning of course she is. ]

( They should. They are both singularly dedicated, I've found. I'll speak with them. )

[deployed]

( Alright. )

[ at least this way, there's a plan to safeguard her if she uses her power again. ]

( You aren't going to ask Prince or Cathaway for help, are you? )

[shri]

( No. )


[ Erg, Cathaway. Erg, Prince. ]

[deployed]

( Why? )

[shri]

( My reasons are my own. )

[ read: she got in horrible fights with them both, whoops. ]

[deployed]

[ lakshmi........ ]

( I wouldn't think you'd ignore a resource that could give you an advantage. )

[shri]

( Let us put it this way: we disagree. )

[deployed]

( On you being here? )

[shri]

( On how certain members of the hive should be dealt with. )

[deployed]

( Is this about the fight I felt when you first came down? )

[shri]

( Yes. I tried to kill Elena, Damon repayed the favour. Sam tied me up. )

[deployed]

[ mm that's complicated. ]

( We can't kill each other. The symbiote would have stopped you even if Prince and Cathaway hadn't. )

[ though clear disapproval bleeds through at the series of events she outlined. sam's interference had been on the behalf of the wrong person ]

[shri]

[ So very complicated. ]

( I have been made aware of that issue. )

[deployed]

( But you're going to hold it against Cathaway and Prince anyway? )

[ the tendril of suspicion comes snaking through: there's someone higher, someone must be above them... ]

[shri]

( That remains to be seen. I was hardly there long enough. )

[deployed]

[ hesitation, and then— ]

( They aren't your enemy. )

[shri]

( As I said, that remains to be seen. )

[deployed]

( I'll be there with you, if you want. )

[ to do what??? we just don't know ]

[shri]

[ She's somewhere between laughing and - she softens, he is too brave, too good in his heart and it's better if she just didn't - ]

( That... would not be advisable. I do not want you caught in my own squabbles in such a manner. )

[ Her own fight would be her own fight. She bend that much. ]

[deployed]

( You can change your mind. )

[ But that's about the answer he expected. ]

[shri]

( No, thank you. But I would be remiss if I did. )

[deployed]

( When we get back, I'll practice with you. )

[ in his mind, practice takes the shape of sparring, rather than engaging the symbiote. ]

[shri]

( If that is not too late. I need to start using this immediately. )

[deployed]

( Rani, you're already formidable without using it. )

[ jsyk ]

[shri]

[ Oh -

She lingers a moment, a pleased little huff of laughter that she doesn't quite not to do with such honest praise given without prompting. Used to it certainly, a Queen is, she has to be, to make sense of all that flattery but that was - well Bellamy wasn't her subject.

He was a honest one, wasn't he? ]

( I do my best, but anything new should be taken in hand rather than simply avoided. )