by Kestrel » 12/17/2015 3:56 AM
Skye reached out one shaky paw to touch the head of one of Lamenolai's stone guardians. "But why me? Why can't you do it, or Ro?"
Abvi sighed, sitting in one of the chairs next to the models. "Souls are peculiar things, you must understand. Your sister, fortunately for her, has essentially zero affinity for their essence. I have far too much, and as such, souls like to stick to me and collect around me. More importantly, I am susceptible to the souls' wills. Since I made these models, that means the souls are very much inclined to stick to them, and I cannot break that inclination. You, on the other hand, you I think possess some small degree of affinity for these things. Enough that you will be able to connect with the souls at some level, but not so much that you will lose control and fall to their desires." He leaned back in his chair, folding his paws. "And if I'm wrong?" He shrugged. "Souls can do very little to physical beings. Your safety is not at risk here. At worst, your sister will have to find a new perfect present, and I will have to lock these up for good."
Skye gulped and stepped forward, anxiously hovering one paw above the Lamenolai model.
Abvi shook his head. "No, better to start with Lya Pointa. Must smaller of a place." He carefully switched the positions of the models so that the cathedral was nearer Skye's end of the table.
Skye swallowed. "What...what should I do with the souls, once I remove them?"
Abvi considered, rubbing his chin with one paw. "I meant to try and see if I could store these in a crystal too...but that's likely beyond you. The Lamenolai one is easy: send it into the earth below us, and since we're in Lamenolai now, it will rejoin with the rest. Lya Pointa, though? That's a bit tricky. It's all the way in Lambastia..."
He snapped his fingers and stood up, turning to one of the shelves behind him. "Let's see...ah yes, here we go!"
He held up a small painted postcard, grinning. Skye squinted at it. It looked like a map of Evelon, with Lambastia in the top left, and Barakka near the bottom right. And there, on the little Lambastia, near the bottom, was a small triangle shape.
"Here we go! Just send it into this, please." He tapped the triangle with one paw. "Lya Pointa, right here. I'll see that this finds its way back to the Cathedral, too, after you're done."
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