10-08-2013, 06:17 AM
Michael instinctively double-checked his web of Wardings around the area. He hadn't felt anything breech his defences, but Gioavnni's sudden suspicion made him hesitate. Besides, he had barely developed the technique - he wasn't sure what the correct term was, if there was one at all - and he wouldn't stake his life on it, not yet.
After a pause, when they were not assaulted by a hidden ambush, Michael nodded. Talking to Giovanni was proving to be taxing, his apparent mood swings set Michael on edge as nothing had before. It was not fear, not precisely. It was more...disconcerting. The man was a product of Atharim dogma and persistence. Take someone with a less...placid...demeanour and perhaps they would create a monster.
As it was, he couldn't tell if Giovanni was going to weep or strike out at him at any given moment. He controlled it well, to his credit, but it was evident under Michael's enhanced-senses' scrutiny.
"Of course, defence will be the first thing you learn. I wouldn't waste my time teaching you things to have the Atharim cut you down the second you leave."
He wasn't sure if his words were too harsh, and didn't care at the moment. The chains of stress had strung themselves tight around Michael's mind, he had little room for patience.
He stood up, pulling in more of the power as he surveyed the street beyond the shop. "Come on, let's not waste any time. I need to pick up a few things, then we can start.
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After a pause, when they were not assaulted by a hidden ambush, Michael nodded. Talking to Giovanni was proving to be taxing, his apparent mood swings set Michael on edge as nothing had before. It was not fear, not precisely. It was more...disconcerting. The man was a product of Atharim dogma and persistence. Take someone with a less...placid...demeanour and perhaps they would create a monster.
As it was, he couldn't tell if Giovanni was going to weep or strike out at him at any given moment. He controlled it well, to his credit, but it was evident under Michael's enhanced-senses' scrutiny.
"Of course, defence will be the first thing you learn. I wouldn't waste my time teaching you things to have the Atharim cut you down the second you leave."
He wasn't sure if his words were too harsh, and didn't care at the moment. The chains of stress had strung themselves tight around Michael's mind, he had little room for patience.
He stood up, pulling in more of the power as he surveyed the street beyond the shop. "Come on, let's not waste any time. I need to pick up a few things, then we can start.
"
"She saw a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue. It shouted of glory and power to come"
"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."