Try an' use the Jewel the way you'd use Craft, but with your Echo for intentions. Trainin', an' all. I don't except results soon, but... better somethin' tried over nothin'.
[His training for both was minimal and his talent for magic otherwise limited, but he nonetheless tried. A small flow of power seeped through their psychic link as Takame pulled what strength he was able from his Jewel focusing on letting it merge with what he knew of his Echo, controlling his Aether sight. The fact that he was all but surrounded by wearers of the Jewels was a benchmark for him to measure his progress.
He is silent the entire time though he doesn't feel he's made any progress, the only indication of that being a curious hum from his end. He wouldn't stop until he was told or until he felt something change.]
Yes... [So he says, willing to continue on to the edge of his energy. There was about another minute and a half of silence before he finally felt something.]
Hm?!
[A pain at the bridge of his nose that shot rapidly between both eyes. Power from Jewels people around him wore faded in and out aggressively as if a spotlight was being switched on and off directly in his eyes. With a sharp gasp he recoiled, cutting the flow of power from his Jewel and tugging from their psychic thread slightly. Though Rhus couldn't see it, he pressed a hand hard against one eye, waiting for the other to adjust to his normal sight as for a moment he couldn't see a thing.]
[The longer than usual pauses between his words showed his mind wasn't entirely There yet, but gathering his bearings another question on impulse came out.]
Have you yet glimpsed another's past since arriving?
... The boy. The one what were in prison right now, for killin' the councilwoman.
If we could look into memories at will, an' find what we need, some moral dilemmas would be easily avoided. [The one the Queen had. If they could find out the motivations of someone without them opening their mouth, then a conclusion could be made so much more quickly.]
Hmm. [He's silent after that hum himself, not just due to his mind recovering. He never gave this any thought, so he admired the fact that Rhus had. As he did many traits of the Warrior of Light.]
Indeed it would solve such problems quickly... Then as long as it takes you will have my assistance in seeing how the Jewels might give us this control. I will not fail you. [Rhus' answer wouldn't have stopped him regardless and not just because he's the only other one with this power. But he seemed to imply that he was willing to keep going despite his energy being drained.]
Ah, seven hells. [That mumbling sounds far too much like someone feeling faint out of sheer tiredness. The medic in Rhus cant allow him to ignore this.]
[Rhus may run, though he keeps the psychic link open, even if Takame will not be able to hear the sounds of exertion from his end from the Miqo'te filtering them out.
But he may be able to hear the footsteps eventually, as Rhus finds him.]
You're a great bleedin' idiot, you know? [is the Miqo'te's greeting once he skids to a halt before the Au Ra.]
[Indeed he did hear Rhus' footsteps as he grew closer, but Takame barely looked up at him. While he sounded more coherent over their psychic link he looked much worse for wear in person hunched over, gripping his forehead with one hand to dull pain and covering one of his eyes to shield them from any more light. All he could do was give a single weak nod.]
Yes... [The sight of an idiot who would have kept at it and had nothing more to say for himself.]
[If Rhus were less experienced with Au Ra, he would have yanked the man up by a horn. But he knows that it will pain Takame even further, so instead he reaches back and tugs on the Au Ra's hair.]
[There's a grunt when Rhus tugged on his hair. He wasn't expecting the pull and his body in its hypersensitive state responded as if he were struck across the head. The reaction lasted for a fraction of a second before he gave another small nod, forgetting it even happened.]
I can... Pray, give me a moment... [He took one deep breath, then exhaled slowly. Another, bringing himself up gradually from his slouch, and exhaled. He repeated it once more until he was standing upright again if still rubbing at the side of his head. The pain was still there pounding at him and he felt exhausted but he could stand.]
No, no, up you go. [Rhus tucks one arm around Takame's shoulders, and the other underneath the Au Ra's knees, bending down as he goes.] Put your arm 'round my shoulders.
[Is he really going to carry Takame? Is he really?
[Takame wasn't exaggerating when he said he could stand and yet he barely got a word in before Rhus was already half carrying him.
He wouldn't argue, he couldn't for a number of reasons, his frazzled mind being one of them. He just accepted that this would be a thing that happens, raising his arm to put around Rhus' shoulder. Being an entire fulm taller than Rhus this surely would not be an odd sight.]
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[His training for both was minimal and his talent for magic otherwise limited, but he nonetheless tried. A small flow of power seeped through their psychic link as Takame pulled what strength he was able from his Jewel focusing on letting it merge with what he knew of his Echo, controlling his Aether sight. The fact that he was all but surrounded by wearers of the Jewels was a benchmark for him to measure his progress.
He is silent the entire time though he doesn't feel he's made any progress, the only indication of that being a curious hum from his end. He wouldn't stop until he was told or until he felt something change.]
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I take it from the silence, nothin' happenin'?
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[Meaning he's determined to continue for as long as the energy in his Jewel will allow him. Even if he'd have to strain himself to do it.]
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Hm?!
[A pain at the bridge of his nose that shot rapidly between both eyes. Power from Jewels people around him wore faded in and out aggressively as if a spotlight was being switched on and off directly in his eyes. With a sharp gasp he recoiled, cutting the flow of power from his Jewel and tugging from their psychic thread slightly. Though Rhus couldn't see it, he pressed a hand hard against one eye, waiting for the other to adjust to his normal sight as for a moment he couldn't see a thing.]
Shite...
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What in the hells happened-- Takame, for kami's sake. [Rhus lets out a rumble that can be heard through the psychic link.] Did you overreach?
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Perhaps I did overdo it... but I am fine. The Jewels can undoubtedly have some effect on the Echo it would seem.
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[The longer than usual pauses between his words showed his mind wasn't entirely There yet, but gathering his bearings another question on impulse came out.]
Have you yet glimpsed another's past since arriving?
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But that weren't why I thought o' the idea.
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... If I may, what is it that prompted it?
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... The boy. The one what were in prison right now, for killin' the councilwoman.
If we could look into memories at will, an' find what we need, some moral dilemmas would be easily avoided. [The one the Queen had. If they could find out the motivations of someone without them opening their mouth, then a conclusion could be made so much more quickly.]
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Indeed it would solve such problems quickly... Then as long as it takes you will have my assistance in seeing how the Jewels might give us this control. I will not fail you. [Rhus' answer wouldn't have stopped him regardless and not just because he's the only other one with this power. But he seemed to imply that he was willing to keep going despite his energy being drained.]
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Where are you right now?
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[The fact that he made it that far was either a testament to his endurance or his foolishness.]
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[Rhus may run, though he keeps the psychic link open, even if Takame will not be able to hear the sounds of exertion from his end from the Miqo'te filtering them out.
But he may be able to hear the footsteps eventually, as Rhus finds him.]
You're a great bleedin' idiot, you know? [is the Miqo'te's greeting once he skids to a halt before the Au Ra.]
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Yes... [The sight of an idiot who would have kept at it and had nothing more to say for himself.]
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Can you stand, or no?
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I can... Pray, give me a moment... [He took one deep breath, then exhaled slowly. Another, bringing himself up gradually from his slouch, and exhaled. He repeated it once more until he was standing upright again if still rubbing at the side of his head. The pain was still there pounding at him and he felt exhausted but he could stand.]
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[Is he really going to carry Takame? Is he really?
Yes indeed.]
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[Takame wasn't exaggerating when he said he could stand and yet he barely got a word in before Rhus was already half carrying him.
He wouldn't argue, he couldn't for a number of reasons, his frazzled mind being one of them. He just accepted that this would be a thing that happens, raising his arm to put around Rhus' shoulder. Being an entire fulm taller than Rhus this surely would not be an odd sight.]
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