Kaylin's face lit with relief and pleasure at the sight of the child. She let go of one hand to touch the child's face. "Hi," she whispered. All the guarded wariness is gone from her face. this was a side of Kaylin people only saw when there was a child present. "You are well?" she asked the child. The girl looked like a human child, but the feel of Water from her would be impossible to mask for one like Raiden.
"Yes and no," Water answered. "You wish to speak with my children."
"Or the Keeper," Kaylin said softly. She knew this wasn't a child, knew it. But she couldn't see her any other way. Water, knowing this, nearly always took this form for Kaylin.
Water shook her head. "I am an echo. I am the part of Water that came when you came. If you called any other Element it would be the same," she said softly, sounding almost apologetic. "I am as cut off from my children, as you are from yours." Kaylin opened her mouth to protest, but water touched her lips gently and shook her head. "You have joined with me, and I know whom Mayalee visited, and I know about the cub."
Kaylin hesitated, then nodded. "Are... are you alright?" she asked. As though she could some how shield the Element itself.
"I am better now than I was when we first met, Kaylin Neya. No one who should not holds my Name, nor any of my essence. There are some here, I can tell, that might have the power to, but I am not yet called by them. It is... odd... being bereft of the minds of my people after so long, but I have been this way before. And I suspect that when you return, I shall rejoin myself. The Tha'alaan will carry my memories here, and yours."
"That used to scare me," Kaylin whispered.
"What you thought it was, used to scare you. You learned. And you grew up. It is hard, for me to be like this, for so long, in such a sterile space. You are in a space between worlds, but not on the Grey Road. It is a place I have not been for some time. If you come to a world again, feel free to call upon me. Until then..." she touched Kaylin's unmarked cheek and then vanished.
Kaylin slumped a bit, watching where she had been, then she turned back to the screen. "I don't know if any of that actually transmitted, Marcus. MARCUS?" she stared at the blank flat screen, her eyes wide. She touched the screen. "Marcus." she said. Nothing happened. She swore at it and tried again. Nothing. She looked ready to throw things. She looked up to her mirror - which had stopped glowing when she had summoned Water... and that was when she saw Raiden. And started cursing more than she ever had before.
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"Yes and no," Water answered. "You wish to speak with my children."
"Or the Keeper," Kaylin said softly. She knew this wasn't a child, knew it. But she couldn't see her any other way. Water, knowing this, nearly always took this form for Kaylin.
Water shook her head. "I am an echo. I am the part of Water that came when you came. If you called any other Element it would be the same," she said softly, sounding almost apologetic. "I am as cut off from my children, as you are from yours." Kaylin opened her mouth to protest, but water touched her lips gently and shook her head. "You have joined with me, and I know whom Mayalee visited, and I know about the cub."
Kaylin hesitated, then nodded. "Are... are you alright?" she asked. As though she could some how shield the Element itself.
"I am better now than I was when we first met, Kaylin Neya. No one who should not holds my Name, nor any of my essence. There are some here, I can tell, that might have the power to, but I am not yet called by them. It is... odd... being bereft of the minds of my people after so long, but I have been this way before. And I suspect that when you return, I shall rejoin myself. The Tha'alaan will carry my memories here, and yours."
"That used to scare me," Kaylin whispered.
"What you thought it was, used to scare you. You learned. And you grew up. It is hard, for me to be like this, for so long, in such a sterile space. You are in a space between worlds, but not on the Grey Road. It is a place I have not been for some time. If you come to a world again, feel free to call upon me. Until then..." she touched Kaylin's unmarked cheek and then vanished.
Kaylin slumped a bit, watching where she had been, then she turned back to the screen. "I don't know if any of that actually transmitted, Marcus. MARCUS?" she stared at the blank flat screen, her eyes wide. She touched the screen. "Marcus." she said. Nothing happened. She swore at it and tried again. Nothing. She looked ready to throw things. She looked up to her mirror - which had stopped glowing when she had summoned Water... and that was when she saw Raiden. And started cursing more than she ever had before.