[Kodai]

Lost. They were hopelessly and utterly lost. ...At least, they were lost in the sense that they only had a very vague idea of where they were, had no idea where the closest sign of civilization was, and were hundreds (if not thousands) of miles from home. Yet this was just the way they wanted it. The pair had specifically come from their home in the Roraldi to this island chain near Sa'fir for training purposes. It was like going on a hard-core camping trip, really.

"Kaamil? Hass you noticed the Paragonss flying aboutss?" the orange-brown haired boy asked, pausing for a moment during their trek through the forest to glance up through the trees at the sky.

"...Yes, I have..." Also pausing, the boy with long, pale purple hair turned to look at his companion.

"O-Okiess," the first responded, a hint of uncertainty in his answer. Shifting the backpack on his shoulders, he was about to move on, but it seemed that Kaamil was not ready to resume their walk just yet.

"...Are you worried about them, Kami...?" he asked, his voice quiet.

"U-Um... Isss just... Well, what ifss this isss their nestss?" Kami frowned. "Iss doesn't wantss to disturbss them..."

"...This forest is far too dense for a colony of Paragon to live in..." Kaamil replied, also readjusting the weight on his back. As if anticipating Kami's next question, he added, "...If there is a clearing in the center of this island, and they happen to live there, then we shall avoid it as best we can...Surely there is enough room on this island chain for both the Paragon and ourselves..."

"Ah! Okiess then." Appearing to be much happier at this thought, Kami smiled, and soon enough the two were back to picking their way over the roots of the trees, looking for a good spot to create their camp for the week.

((Since I'm not sure if you've seen them, Shieba, here are pics of them that Baal drew and I colored. o uo Kaamil and Kami~ Kami doesn't have the guitar out right now though. o 3o))

[Shieba]

It was the time of the gathering of fruits. Well, to her, they weren't really fruits and more like big coconuts, but Ailys wasn't complaining. This was the first time she was participating in this and she was determined to do her best. According to Hina, the fruits of this particular sort of palm-like tree were harvestable for just two weeks, if not less, and so everyone of the tribe who was able to fly searched islands even a distance away from their home for them. Ailys wasn't able to carry much thanks to her small size as a Placid, but her greater strength and endurance helped in return.

She had just started her search for the day and was flying rather low when she sensed emotions she couldn't immediately place. Slowing in her flight, she hovered in the air. Whoever was emitting them was not a Paragon. Ailys could sense two sources of emotions, both rather contrary. One was really bright and happy, though there seemed to have been faint traces of worry just a few moments ago. Ailys, as a Halfling, had not the problems demons had that positive emotions were hurting her in any way, and so she dared to venture a bit closer and landed on the beach.

The second source of emotions was much more interesting to her, but she had a few problems to detect it next to the other one, so she slowly crept closer to help her senses, which kept telling her that there was potential food. Nearer now, she could make out a subdued mix of negative emotions, though kept rather well in check.

She was not hungry and would never just eat emotions from people she didn't know - she didn't need to do that anymore, luckily - and there were always travelers about who wanted to cross the ocean, but next to it all...there was an aura of darkness. And that worried Ailys. Even though she had demon-blood within her, she had never met a real dark creature before, but she was able to recognize such an aura.

Unsure, she debated what to do. She was getting a bit scared, but the last thing she wanted was to endanger someone from the tribe by getting help. Maybe she should just let whoever was there be, but with an aura like that about, there could be danger looming. The thought alone of a demon attacking the tribe - attacking Hina - was impossible to bear for Ailys and so, she decided to at least carefully check.

It would be hard to take flight again in the thick forest, but there was little she could do about it. Ailys knew she had no hope of defeating a real demon, but at least she wasn't completely helpless. Still, she was afraid and nervously tried her best to keep her own aura in check while making her way through the woods, even though she didn't believe she could hide it from a real demonic creature.

(I couldn't really tell if you want them all to be on the island of the tribe or another, random one, so I kinda left it open.)

[Kodai]

Ailys may have been able to hide her aura, but the closer she got to where the boys were (they were not traveling very quickly and so it was very easy to catch up to them), the more Kami felt that they were being followed. Eventually it got to the point where he stopped in his tracks, having grown nervous himself, and tried to peer back into the depths of the forest. Noticing this, Kaamil stopped as well, following Kami's gaze.

"...What is it...?"

"Iss... Iss dunnoss," the boy replied quietly, his voice slightly hesitant with uncertainty. "Isss... something. Something'ss out theress."

"...And it is not a threat...?" He seemed to be asking confirmation of a silent idea from Kami.

"N-No, Iss dun thinkss so. Isss seemss to be nervous, tooss... Maybe this isss a Paragon'ss nest?" Kami continued staring out into the forest, but the thickness of the trees almost made it look like a gigantic wall of columns. "Maybess we should leavess and findss a different islandss..."

"...The ferryman has likely left by now, and the nearest islands are too far away to swim to..." Thinking over the choices they had, Kaamil finally made a decision. "...I suppose our only option is to announce our presence...If it is indeed a non-hostile being, then I am sure we may come to an agreement of some sort..."

"Okiess." Kami stood, going over this course of action in his mind, and swiftly his nervousness began to disappear. "Yuss... Iss thinkss isss will work outss just finess." That said, he began to hike back over the path they had just come through, Kaamil following close behind.

((Well, I just meant for it to either be a random island or Hina and Ailys's special one. o wo So it's fine.))

[Shieba]

Ailys stopped immediately when she sensed the auras had ceased moving as well. She could by now tell that both creatures radiated darkness, though it was much more prominent from the one with the negative emotions. She tried her best to maybe read more into that - she had eaten emotions all her life, after all, and different creatures felt in different ways - but couldn't place these two anywhere exactly. While she could tell that their body size was around hers from the amount of emotions radiating, she couldn't determine the species. But if they were demons, it was no surprise she couldn't.

The fact that both creatures were human-sized also told her they couldn't be normal travellers trying to cross the ocean. Even those able to fly normally chose mounts for the long way if their strength was not supernatural and she couldn't think of any race that tall that matched that category. So these two obviously had a purpose for being here and that did not bode well with Ailys.

She snapped out of her thoughts when she felt the auras suddenly moving rather swiftly towards her. There was no mistake possible - she had been discovered. For a moment, she panicked and considered to flee. The trees stood pretty close to each other, but maybe she could fly...?

Then again, she could feel no wish to harm or any kind of bloodlust for now. Ailys remembered very well how she herself had been discovered by Hina and how Hina had helped her, despite Ailys' own dark aura. So maybe it was now her turn to give others this chance as well? After all, her life had changed for the much, much better...

In the end, Ailys settled for a compromise. She stayed where she was, awaiting whoever was approaching her, but she also stopped subduing her aura. If these were demons, they would get the warning that she would be no easy prey.

(Ailys and Hina have a nest on their special island, so Ailys would have reacted much more strongly to a threat to that place. Let's make it a random island then.)

[Kodai]

Just as the pair likely moved into Ailys's line of sight (as a Paragon, she was bound to notice even the smallest movement through the trees, especially when the movement was right at her), they stopped, though for different reasons. Kami had noticed the flaring surge of power in Ailys's aura and was trying to figure out what it meant, while Kaamil thought he had noticed something glinting in the distance.

"...I believe it is right in front of us...What did you notice...?"

"Ah... Isss... Well, Iss feelss somethingss," Kami stammered, seemingly unable to hold his thoughts together. "Isss dark, butss... Iss never feltss anything quite like itss. Isss like..." He sighed, tilting his head and pouting a bit as he thought. "Isss familiar, but notss. Isss not Void-like, and not Chaos-like, and yetss it isss."

"...Chaos...?" Kaamil stiffened immediately, his expression darkening the faintest bit.

"Yuss, but no. Maybe isss more... demonss? Not so muchss Chaos."

Kaamil's posture relaxed the slightest bit, though he still seemed skeptical.

"Iss really can't place itss, Kaamil. Isss also strongss, but not, like isss cut somehowss... But! There isss one thingss Iss knowss, and that'ss isss not evilss."

There was a silence as the two boys looked at each other, one confident, the other wary. Eventually they moved forward again, now stopping when they could clearly see the Paragon in front of them. Both of them seemed surprised (Kami more than Kaamil), but that faded quickly as they remembered why they had temporarily abandoned their quest for a campsite. At least, one of them remembered. The other was simply excited to see such a small dragon.

"Kaaaaaamil!" he whispered, pulling on his companion's jacket and failing utterly at being subtle. "Lookeet so cuuuuuuutess!"

"...Kami, please, you're bound to insult her if you persist..." Kaamil replied, concern actually crossing his normally passive face.

"Sorriess..." The boy tried to calm down, but upon looking at Ailys again, quickly broke down into a huge grin. "Eeeee~!"

Figuring that Kami was now unable to act as negotiator, Kaamil stepped forward. "...I do apologize, Miss, for my brother's behaviour...He...finds you 'cute', as he's never seen a Paragon of your stature before..." Kaamil hadn't, either, but he made no mention of this. "...I do hope you can forgive him...and the both of us, if we are trespassing..."

((Okay, that's good, then. :3))

[Shieba]

Ailys could make out two human shapes through the trees stopping still a bit away from her. She remained wary - she looked like a Paragon and was half a demon, too, so there was no reason why demons shouldn't look human, either. Her hearing was better than normal, but could only make out words like 'Chaos', which could mean anything, especially with their reason for stopping probably being her aura. This meant that they could feel her aura, too, though, which meant they surely weren't normal humans.

Because of that, Ailys was rather frightened, especially when she realized for the first time that she would be outnumbered. Yet she could still feel no evil intentions and remained where she was until the two boys had approached her. Ailys, still concentrated more on her supernatural senses than her eyes, failed to say something before one of the boys spoke up.

And then... "cute"? Ailys blinked dumbfounded. That was not what she had been expecting. Even though she probably should have focused more on the situation at hand, she couldn't help but imagine with a little smile how the boy would react to Hina, who was still so much smaller, even though it would probably upset her mate. Ailys herself was more amused than anything; the boy was rather adorable himself with his way of speaking. Though he would probably not call her cute anymore if he would know what she really was... and yet, he had his own, dark aura, even though it was faint.

So, she remained on guard, even when the other one spoke so nicely to her. "There is no harm done and no need to apologize." Ailys smiled, especially at the boy with the cute speech. It was hard to think of him as a demon. The polite one, though...Ailys was unsure there, his aura was stronger. "I've...not been called 'cute' before, but it's hardly an insult. These islands also belong to no one, so you have done nothing wrong. I just... some of these islands are inhabited by Paragon tribes. I am...able to sense auras and emotions and your auras are, well...they're dark." Normally, it was more her mate who was the blunt one, but the sooner Ailys knew who these two were, the sooner she could stop being scared and that seemed to be a good goal. "As such, I felt the need to check if you were a danger to my or any of the other clans, especially since you are here without mounts and obviously not just travelling through. I don't want to be nosy, but please understand that I must ask for the sake of the safety of the tribes." She flapped her wings a bit nervously, having the feeling that she was acting rather rude. "Not that having a dark aura makes you automatically evil or anything." After all, her own was dark as well, she should not be predjudiced.

[Kodai]

"...Ah, so you have sensed that..." Kaamil seemed mildly surprised at first, but that quickly faded. This dragon before them was giving off her own aura, after all. It was only natural that she could sense those of others. "...Very well, it is no trouble to tell you why we have come here...We are here as a training exercise: seven days to be spent in relative isolation, using what skills we have and the items we have brought in order to survive...As well as regular physical training...We mean no harm to the tribes that live here, nor do we mean to disturb them in any way..."

"Isss like campingss! Only... by ourselvess, and probablyss a little more dangerouss..." Kami finally regained himself and entered the conversation, stepping forward to be level with the other two. He looked over Ailys again, this time managing to keep his cool, and apologized for himself. "Iss sorriess for getting excitedss, though. Not everyoness isss like youss and doesn't mindss... but Iss never seen a Paragonss your size! ...Actuallyss, Iss never seen a Paragonss at all beforess today, so..." He smiled sheepishly, and then remembered what the conversation had been about before he had popped in. "Oh! Yuss! So, we'ss just here for trainingss, and we dun wantss to hurt anyoness, so please don't be worriedss anymore." Kami smiled brightly, that sense of goodwill and positive energy still strong and far overpowering any traces of darkness he had. "My name'ss Kami, and this isss my brotherss, Kaamil. Who're you?"

It seemed that Kaamil had stepped back for the moment, allowing Kami to take over the social relations. He looked a little more relaxed now, though he was still definitely curious about Ailys. Now that he was right next to her, he could sense her aura as well (Kami was far better at sensing these things than he), and Kaamil could see – or rather, feel – why Kami had had such a difficult time describing it. The aura was definitely dark, that much was certain, but beyond that, Kaamil couldn't recognize it. If he had to guess, he would say that it was the aura of a creature born of darkness... or rather, partly of darkness; he could feel the 'cut' in power Kami had mentioned. Perhaps this Paragon was a bit like them?

[Shieba]

Ailys listened patiently, but the question she felt she needed to be answered the most - why these two had this kind of aura - remained unanswered. Yet they were both polite and seemingly kind and while demons were known to twist their words, fooling her like this without lying was pretty much impossible. She pondered what to do, especially since these two planned to stick around.

"I see. My tribe and some of the others around here have a few members being able to sense auras, though. I will tell my tribe about you and I doubt there will be problems if you stay on this island, but because of your kind of aura, the chief will probably insist to vigilant. The other tribes are normally peaceful as well, but there are always those frightened by darkness." She remembered all too well how she herself had been chased, after all. Ailys tried to avoid to ask directly where the dark auras came from, but maybe implying things like that would do the trick and made them explain...?

She couldn't help but smile at Kami. "There is hardly anything really dangerous here around, besides some not very healthy fruits and plants, so it will probably be like camping." She had heard about camping on the mainland, but didn't really know what it meant. "And yes, my kind is the smallest of all Paragon. Most of the others here are much taller than me and look rather different, too."

She still wasn't sure about Kaamil, but she grew more and more sure that at least his brother was no demon. Surely no creature of darkness could display such bright emotions. "My name is Ailys. I am a member of the tribe of the Aumakua Paragon, the tribe living closest to this island."

Briefly, Ailys scanned the sky or at least what she could see from it through the trees. She knew Hina could sense auras as well - after all, this was how she had found Ailys in the first place - and wondered if her mate was close enough to be intrigued, too. Hina certainly was bold enough to check on her own and so, Ailys was glad that she herself had the chance to make sure that there was no danger for Hina here.

[Kodai]

"Ailys... That's a pretty namess." Kami continued smiling, though he did glance over at Kaamil for a moment and looked at him with a quizzical expression. The other boy said nothing, but Kami appeared to have gotten an answer for his question anyway. Now looking a little more serious, Kami began, "Thankss for offering to tellss the other tribess about usss being heress, Miss Ailys. If otherss can sense auras like you sayss, then... Iss guess we could run into troubless... Although Iss didn't think ourss were really that strongss?" He frowned slightly in confusion, then continued. "Anywayss, you'ss curious about that, rightss? Our auras?" Here Kami grew somewhat uncertain, as if trying to figure out just what he could say. "Umss... well. We... We're not... completely humanss. Mostly yuss, but... one quarter... notss. One quarter, yuss?" He turned back to Kaamil for confirmation.

His brother simply nodded.

"Yuss, so. Umss... that quarter isss... umss..." The uncertainty grew into a light frustration, and Kami (whom had been mostly avoiding Ailys's gaze while talking about this) looked right at the Paragon. "Isss so very difficultss to talk aboutss this, because... isss not common knowledge at allss, and Iss dunno what Iss should and shouldn'tss say..."

"...Just give her the general idea, and don't use specifics..." Kaamil suggested, speaking up for once.

"Um. Okiess, Iss will tryss. So, that quarterss... isss from a race of peopless that... Well, they'ss made of emotionss. Negative oness. Because of thatss... that'ss probably whyss you sense a darkness in uss. Because isss in our bloodss." Kami shifted nervously, as if wondering what Ailys would think of this story, or if she even believed it. Suddenly the boy seemed to think of something. "Hey, but... you hass a darkness in you, tooss. Though isss not the exact samess..." He looked at her, curious, but eventually deciding not to ask her explicitly to tell her own story.

[Shieba]

Ailys listened attentively, at first only because she was glad that she got an answer to her most pressing question, but then more and more interested and excited. These two were...a bit like her! And a race of people made out of negative emotions? Ailys, who ate negative emotions, decided to be extra careful around the two boys, a bit afraid that she would maybe hurt them if she accidently ate a bit of their feelings.

She nodded at Kami's last statement. If these two shared the information about them so freely, she should probably do the same. "Yes, I have an aura of darkness as well, for I am a Halfling. My mother was a Placid Paragon, but my father was a demon and though children born from a combination like that are normally not able to live I...somehow lucked out, I suppose. As far as I know, I'm the only one of my kind. I have no dark powers, but my senses are better, I can feel auras, my wounds heal quickly and am stronger than a normal Paragon. The drawbacks are that my bones can't regenerate and that most of my internal organs are crippled and I have to resort to eat negative emotions like a real demon." She looked at them a bit uncertain. Every human she had met before had hunted her down as soon as they had learned of her heritage, but these two would probably understand...right? Maybe she should have been more careful with revealing informations...

Quickly, Ailys tried to smile. "But even if you are...partly made out of negative emotions, you have nothing to fear from me. I'm not a predator of any kind and would never want to hurt someone. It's normally not harmful at all to whoever I eat the emotions from, but I never do so without permission anymore anyway, now that my tribe knows about me and what I am. My blood may be dark and black, but I am not evil."

[Kodai]

As Ailys grew excited, Kami became more relaxed, returning to his normal state of happiness. Both of the boys listened closely as the Paragon told her own story, perking up somewhat at the term 'demon' but otherwise curious and quiet listeners. After Ailys finished, Kami smiled gently at her. "So that'ss what it isss... You really are a bitss like uss. Actually, you'ss more like our fatherss – he'ss the one that'ss half... half humanss, and he... well..." Kami didn't really want to say 'shouldn't exist', especially of his own father. "Iss really dunno howss he was bornss. Doss you knowss, Kaamil?"

"...I don't know the details..." he replied, having taken off his backpack and now sat upon it, looking thoughtfully at his brother and especially at the half-demon Paragon. "...Suffice to say, their method worked, and we are living proof of that..."

"Y-Yuss..." The boy appeared to be lost in his thoughts for a moment, but he quickly returned to the current moment. "So, you... eatss negative emotionss, then... but just the emotionss. Iss... Iss wonderss if..." Kami trailed off, losing himself again, but then shook his head somewhat sadly and looked up again. Another thought took hold of him just as quickly as the previous had, though, and he again turned to Kaamil. "Hey, Kaamil... What do you thinkss would happenss if Miss Ailys tried to eatss our emotionss?"

Kaamil seemed to ponder this for a while. "...I'm not sure...I don't think it can be said of that race that they are still simply emotions, although emotions are at their core...so I do not believe it would be detrimental to us, or at least, not on a noticeable level..." Looking back at Ailys, he addressed her directly, curiosity plainly on his face. "...Ailys...Do you know what, exactly, happens when you eat someone's emotions...? ...For example, does the person you're feeding from begin to feel...less of the emotion at that moment...?" There was something odd in his voice there, as if he was... hopeful?

[Shieba]

Ailys could understand the two boys and how they were confused about their father's birth, she knew little of her own as well. "I sadly can't help you with telling about how these things work at birth. My mother died from slow poisoning through my demonic essence-blood and didn't survive my birth. There was no one who could answer my questions."

She could tell that the topic of her eating emotions was important to Kaamil, though she couldn't guess why. "I...kind of sense the emotions like waves a person gives off. It can probably be compared to sound, though soundwaves aren't visible. I eat these "waves". So far, I have not heard of anyone telling me they felt strange, but that might be due to the situations."

Ailys pondered that, intrigued by the question herself. "For a long time in my life, I was hunted and lived hidden, so I ate emotions of people...who were arguing near my hiding place, without knowing them and without them knowing me. There was no one to ask. Now, I live with the tribe and the other Paragon invite me to eat when they are ill or in pain or generally feel bad - they say they like it that these things serve a good purpose at the same time now 'thanks' to me. Because these emotions have a physical source most of the time, it is doubtful that they would register any effect without that source vanishing, even if me eating had such an effect. It does happen from time to time that someone feeds me when they are angry at someone or something. I listen to them then while they rant and eat at the same time. They often tell me they feel better afterwards, but that might primary be thanks to them being able to vent their anger and calming down." She frowned. "Even though I ate emotions all my life...I obviously don't know the answer to your question myself with certainty. There has not been any bad side effect so far, though, or at least no one has reported any." The thought bothered her, she hated eating emotions enough as it was, if this turned out to be harmful to someone...especially now that she ate the emotions of those she liked.

[Kodai]

"Ah, so... you dun havess your whole familyss," Kami remarked, falling quiet. It was obvious that he felt sorry for Ailys, silently removing his backpack so that he could sit down as well and letting Kaamil have his turn at holding the conversation.

Still thoughtful, Kaamil listened patiently to Ailys's words, though the hope that was in him seemed to die a little. "...I see...So you do not know, yourself...I suppose, then, we must either ask someone...or you could try it out on one of us, right now..." He paused, considering, elbows propped up on his knees so that he could rest his chin on the backs of his hands. His expression was almost dream-like now. "...Though, perhaps that is an inappropriate thing to ask...It is how you eat, after all, and so naturally it is you that should decide when you'd like your meals to be..." Kaamil closed his eyes, and although it felt like he was doing his best to not feel any emotion, there was a slight hint of disappointment followed by reluctant acceptance.

Silence covered the area as Kaamil sat in his reverie and Kami watched Kaamil, trying to figure out just what his companion was thinking. Eventually Kami stood, turning to Ailys with a sort of worried gaze. "U-Umss... Maybess... Iss should talkss to you in privatess, Miss Ailys?"

"...That's all right, Kami..." Kaamil spoke up suddenly, eyes no longer closed. "...It is her personal decision if she wishes to try feeding on our negative emotions or not, and my personal wishes should not influence that decision..."

Kami frowned lightly at him for a moment before looking at Ailys again, giving a light huff and speaking quietly, as if telling her something confidential. "Kaamil... He alwayss triess to be stoic, butss... Iss can sense that, on the insidess, thingss aren't nearly so calmss..."

"...I can hear you, Kami..."

"And Iss can sense itss!" Kami suddenly burst out, a small torrent of vast concern, emotional hurt, and even a hint of frustration rushing from him. "You never speak of itss, but isss there, and it botherss you. And Iss don't even knowss why, which botherss me! Why you feelss that way! Just what... happenedss? What happenedss that hurtss you so badlyss?" He stood, staring pleadingly at his brother, tears threatening to fall.

It was now Kaamil's turn to release an emotional onslaught. All the negativity that Ailys could sense before suddenly came rushing to the fore, as if a lock had been broken. He turned his gaze away, unable to look Kami in the eye and obviously very deeply hurt. There was a long pause before he spoke. "...I...I can't..." Another long pause. "...I can't...tell you...At least...not yet..."

"But why notss?" He was doing his best to curb the frustration he was feeling due to what he was sensing from Kaamil, but Kami still couldn't help but feel annoyed at those words.

"...I...It...It still...hurts..." Kaamil leaned his head into one of his hands, lightly clutching at his hair. "...It hurts...too much...to admit..."

((Poor Ailys. o 3o; Her demonic senses are probably screaming at her right now.))

[Shieba]

Ailys smiled at Kami, touched that the boy felt for her so much. "It's true that I grew up without a family or a place to call home, but I have found both now. I have a wonderful mate and despite what I am have been accepted by the tribe. I am happy now." It was still an odd thing to say for her and felt hard to believe most of the time, but Ailys slowly, truly started to trust the fact that she was, finally, at home.

Then, Ailys listened quietly. It was obvious Kaamil was bothered greatly, she didn't need her senses to see that. Still, she was more than glad that she wasn't hungry or all the negative emotions would have been so tempting. Ailys felt like she should say something, though she didn't know what. This was clearly something between the two boys. "If you want me to...I will eat your emotions. I have no idea if it would be harmful to you or not, but I do have full control over that ability - I could stop after just a bit. And you are three quarter human, so...it should be alright?" Ailys didn't like the idea herself, but if it would Kaamil bring some peace and maybe stop him from being so hurt, she was willing to try.

In the end, she had an idea. "I could get my mate, Hina. She's a healer. If you want me to eat your emotions, Hina could watch over you and alert me if something in you changes." She had no idea how good the senses of Kami and Kaamil were and if they could detect things as well as her, so it seemed like a good suggestion. "It's only an idea, though. I can...feel all the dark emotions in you, Kaamil, and I wish to help, though the last thing I want to do is harming you."

[Kodai]

Kaamil only listened in silence as Ailys spoke, first to say that she would be willing to try, and then to suggest that she could go ask her mate for help. What really struck him, though, was that the half-demon wished to help him. They had all just barely met, after all, and yet she was fretting over his deeply rooted emotional problems. Her kindness did little to elevate his spirits, however, and a crushing, even taunting doubt rose to the surface. Regardless of this, he replied, "...You may try...and you may ask your mate if she wishes to help...That would probably be a good idea..."

Poor Kami was torn. He wasn't sure what to feel at the moment. These emotions that Kaamil had felt for most of his life... If Ailys could somehow help him with them, Kami would be eternally grateful. But he could sense that Kaamil had all but given up on the hope that she could do something... Sometimes it frustrated Kami how easily Kaamil resigned himself to despair, although he did on occasion hold out. "M-Miss Ailys... Please... do what you canss..." His voice was pleading, holding the hope that his brother did not.