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Erik & Nikita P2
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Nikita looked up, face brightening. "Master!" he said happily, rising to approach him.
Erik smiled. "I see you have been busy in my absence..." He gestured to the body. "Do tell me what occured."
The boy recounted what had happened. "I tried to find out who sent him, Master. I really did try." He hung his head. "But there was too much and I couldn't." He looked up, eyes gleaming. "The guard thinks it was the lord treasurer," he offered, smiling slightly.
Erik gave a light laugh. "About the gaurd... beyond taking a sip from him... what did you do?"
"I didn't want him to let you in danger... so I told him he should be a better gaurd or I'd drain him further."
"Mm...." Erik mused. "How did you tell him?" When he was met only with a confused looked, Erik continued. "Normaly, this gaurd will barely listen to me, never the mind anyone else. How did you make him obey you?"
"I just told him...." Nikita said, still confused. "Like I told the man last night to stay...."
Erik tilted his head slightly. "Told the man..." he trailed off, eyes thoughtful. Suddenly he gave an exclamation, as if just remembering the book at his side. "Hold that thought!" he said, holding up a finger. Very quickly he paged through the book. "You told him without verbal speach, correct?"
"I did?" Nikita said in confusion.
"Well, you didn't use any speach I could hear," Erik stated, still paging. He paused and ran his finger down the page. "Hmmm...." He looked up again. "We can also test this as well. It may be difficult, but try talking to me without speaking."
Nikita just stared at him.
Erik sighed slightly. "Here..." He put his hand over Nikita's mouth and said a quick spell. "Now talk."
The boy opened his mouth to speak and no sound came out. His eyes widened in desperate fear and his hands covered his mouth. 'Master, what did I do? I'm sorry.'
Erik grinned. "Wonderful! Perfect!" he exclaimed. "Now, do that again without the spell," he said, removing it.
Nikita lowered his hands slowly, still unsure. 'Master?'
Erik smiled. "Excelent!" he appauded. 'Can you here this as well?' he projected.
Nikita sank to the ground. 'What are you doing, Master? How can you do that?'
'It's not me, it's you,' Erik projected, squatting in font of the boy, placing his fingers under Nikita's chin to lift it some. 'It's because you have High Elf blood.'
The boy looked into his Master's eyes. 'My fault? Because I'm tainted?'
'Nonono, this is a good thing,' Erik assured with a smile. 'It makes you very unique and useful.'
'Oh.' Nikita leaned closer unconsciously, taking comfort from the warmth of Erik's aura. 'I am glad I can be useful to you, Master.'
Erik gently pulled the boy to his side, stroking his hair. 'I'll train you, bring out all of your talents,' he thought softly. 'Teach you to read, maybe even play chess...' He gave a small happy chuckle.
Nikita relaxed against Erik's side, smiling happily.
Nikita looked up, face brightening. "Master!" he said happily, rising to approach him.
Erik smiled. "I see you have been busy in my absence..." He gestured to the body. "Do tell me what occured."
The boy recounted what had happened. "I tried to find out who sent him, Master. I really did try." He hung his head. "But there was too much and I couldn't." He looked up, eyes gleaming. "The guard thinks it was the lord treasurer," he offered, smiling slightly.
Erik gave a light laugh. "About the gaurd... beyond taking a sip from him... what did you do?"
"I didn't want him to let you in danger... so I told him he should be a better gaurd or I'd drain him further."
"Mm...." Erik mused. "How did you tell him?" When he was met only with a confused looked, Erik continued. "Normaly, this gaurd will barely listen to me, never the mind anyone else. How did you make him obey you?"
"I just told him...." Nikita said, still confused. "Like I told the man last night to stay...."
Erik tilted his head slightly. "Told the man..." he trailed off, eyes thoughtful. Suddenly he gave an exclamation, as if just remembering the book at his side. "Hold that thought!" he said, holding up a finger. Very quickly he paged through the book. "You told him without verbal speach, correct?"
"I did?" Nikita said in confusion.
"Well, you didn't use any speach I could hear," Erik stated, still paging. He paused and ran his finger down the page. "Hmmm...." He looked up again. "We can also test this as well. It may be difficult, but try talking to me without speaking."
Nikita just stared at him.
Erik sighed slightly. "Here..." He put his hand over Nikita's mouth and said a quick spell. "Now talk."
The boy opened his mouth to speak and no sound came out. His eyes widened in desperate fear and his hands covered his mouth. 'Master, what did I do? I'm sorry.'
Erik grinned. "Wonderful! Perfect!" he exclaimed. "Now, do that again without the spell," he said, removing it.
Nikita lowered his hands slowly, still unsure. 'Master?'
Erik smiled. "Excelent!" he appauded. 'Can you here this as well?' he projected.
Nikita sank to the ground. 'What are you doing, Master? How can you do that?'
'It's not me, it's you,' Erik projected, squatting in font of the boy, placing his fingers under Nikita's chin to lift it some. 'It's because you have High Elf blood.'
The boy looked into his Master's eyes. 'My fault? Because I'm tainted?'
'Nonono, this is a good thing,' Erik assured with a smile. 'It makes you very unique and useful.'
'Oh.' Nikita leaned closer unconsciously, taking comfort from the warmth of Erik's aura. 'I am glad I can be useful to you, Master.'
Erik gently pulled the boy to his side, stroking his hair. 'I'll train you, bring out all of your talents,' he thought softly. 'Teach you to read, maybe even play chess...' He gave a small happy chuckle.
Nikita relaxed against Erik's side, smiling happily.