It was still an unusual situation all around, but Aurelia knew she had to adjust to it more so than others who put themselves in a similar situation. Luckily Gyatso seemed to intent on calming her anxiety, and yet he wondered if his clothing was acceptable. "Yes, of course it's acceptable. In fact… I like it." Her words were soft, and as he explained that he would understand her in both forms, she couldn't help it as she nodded in response.<i>That's good to know, so I can call him to help if I need it in his canine form. Viktor won't know what hit him in the canine form.</i>Right as the thought ended, she managed to hear him compliment how human hands were designed while being useful, and she couldn't help it as she felt her face begin to heat up. "Well, not all of them are created equally, but in the heat of the moment, they can be useful…" It was at that moment when she realized he had his thumb in his mouth, but upon him taking it out, she noticed that he was now holding a dog's dewclaw that was still covered in some of his spit. Aura gingerly reached over and took it from Gyatso, and while she knew it was likely not the best idea to be touching something that had been inside another being's mouth, that didn't mean she could reject what she knew was her talisman for summoning him again.<br/><br/>"Thank you Gyatso, and I'll have to get it wrapped so it can be a pendant for a necklace. If my emotions don't summon you first, I should have a way to do so willingly, and I'm sure this isn't the most unusual thing people have worn as jewelry." Aurelia smiled as she spoke, but her thoughts were soon preoccupied as she heard the water start to boil as she knew it would soon be time to let the tea bags steep for a bit. "That's the water for the tea, but let me allow for it to steep so we can keep talking." It was at that point she got out a couple tea bags that appeared to be different from the store brand tea bags, and they had a scent both herbal and citrusy, most notably having peppermint in it. There was a local store that she'd gone to that had the opportunity to create a tea blend, and while the leaves were chamomile, she hoped that the blend wouldn't be overpowering for Gyatso since the ingredients were meant to help soothe anxiety. Once they were in the water, she walked over to the sink to wash off the dewclaw, and it was only after it was cleaned did she sit before her Guardian. "I put the tea bags together myself, but they're my last ones since I haven't been able to go to the store where I'd made them for weeks now. It's kind of a complicated situation for why I summoned you, but I don't know how I'm supposed to explain it considering I don't know how to talk about it to begin with." It was at that moment when she grabbed her phone to swipe through to a video she'd taken right before she made up her mind to leave Viktor for good, and she gently helped the being sitting with her take the phone before hitting play on the video. Aura didn't know how Gyatso would react, but that was the least of her problems considering he needed to know who she needed the most protection from.<br/><br/><hr class="bbc-hr"/><br/><div class="bbCodeSpoiler">
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</div><br/><hr class="bbc-hr"/><br/>Upon finishing the video, if Gyatso were to look at Aurelia, her expression would've been unreadable as the mix of emotions would've been all over her face. She couldn't find the strength to look at him, but it was obvious from her body language that she felt something about the video that was akin to shame… like it was a reminder of something horrible. "That was almost four months ago, and I left him not long after that. I wish that was the only time, but it was far from it. Viktor, my ex… he found me less than a month after I left, and I can't get him to leave me alone." The lack of scars made it obvious that she'd been using magic to heal herself, but the mental ones weren't so easy to heal. "Police won't do anything unless he physically attacks me, but considering he's almost broken into my apartment, threatened my best friend while calling him slurs that should get him arrested for a hate crime, and there's evidence he's tried to sabotage my finances by trying to declare every purchase since our breakup was fraudulent… I just… I've exhausted the human methods to get him to stop, and magic feels like a last resort." She didn't know why she was unloading on her Guardian like this, but at the same time, it wasn't like Hunter fully understood what it was like to be in this position. He'd had his own family commit unspeakable acts against him, but to let someone who you'd let into your life because you fell in love with them start to do those very things… he still didn't understand why she stayed so long to begin with. "Humans suck for the most part, and I know not all of them do, but there's a darkness in some of them I will never fully understand. Even other mortal beings can't help it when they feel disgusted by it, but nobody wants to try to stop it." Aura wasn't even sure if Gyatso fully understood her situation, but she knew for a fact that she needed to stay safe if she was going to make Viktor pay for what he'd done to her.<br/><br/>If only it were that simple to make sure he got what he deserved, but if it was, charges wouldn't get filed against her if she went through with it.