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To Valkyrie’s surprise and relief, the better of her company, Kiada, smiled and appeared very much unscathed; still more unchanged. It was intriguing to say the least - so too that she could be burned (a warning well heeded), where the conjurer clearly could not. As the fire rose again furiously down the length of the patterned woman’s spine, the staring Shieldmaiden felt a strong sting of desire through her nerves; not only did she crave the power of telekinesis she had misplaced upon arrival in the Rift, but she wanted this too - fire - and a flood of other ideas began to amass behind her eyes. Together with a slave like the bird perched nearby, she could be powerful. While one blaze of well-formed animal transformed into another before her eyes, illuminating the strange neons hues around the portal, Valkyrie’s ears were set unwaveringly towards the explanation that filled the otherwise unsettlingly quiet setting. Soon she had a better understanding of the loss of her own ability - this wretched hole, it seemed, had devoured it - and she glanced towards the haze of shadow as it drifted like a calm sea beyond them, recalling quickly the moment it had spewed forth to embrace her… For a second the twin ears behind her helm flattened irritatedly backwards. Kiada spoke on, however, imparting advice which suggested the Daughter of Sunnmøre might still have it returned. Quietly, pensively, she nodded her fine, chiselled features and smiled graciously - for there was no ill feeling towards the fellow female. One ear swivelled to the inferior, yet still he stood by in silence, and then - prompted by the concluding notes of the conversation - he turned and thumped softly away through the wilds. Valkyrie was immediately tempted to trail him but refrained for fear of her motive being discovered. Allies were needed in the Rift she had decided - and the magic wielder turning now away, would be a perfect fit. “Thank you Kiada,” she hummed cheerfully as the other began to leave, “I hope so too.” The Shieldmaiden waited there a moment longer as though to digest the feast of information she’d been provided, and then she too made a path away from the looming Portal.

(Exit. Thank you Sky and Kae <3)