Nathan was a bit surprised when the Pegasus answered him audibly... obviously she wasn't a normal creature, and he wasn't familiar with the language... he could speak other languages...but he didn't want the woman to know that he could as that might elude to some complicated explaining.<br/><br/>Naturally, Nathan turned toward Xnovia who provided the translation, however not before giving him the very vague and ominous answer that basically said she would feed on him whenever she wished.  In which he responded as politely as could back...<br/><br/>"Yes, of course, how silly of me," he replied with slight apologetic bow, but as soon as he was about hurry and tend to the pegsaus's  needs and refill her water.<br/><br/>His mistress's hand cold hand gently glided around his throat forbidding him to leave and pulled him closely.  Nathan's bright magenta eyes widened in surprise and fear, he glanced over toward the Pegasus giving it a very apologetic, sorry I am being detained, look on his face.<br/><br/>Again his lips didnt move, but he spoke inside the Pegasus mind... not so much as with words but with thoughts, and pictures so that she would understand why couldn't refill her at the moment.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="text-decoration: underline">I will come to the stable as soon as my mistress allows it,</span></span></span><br/><br/>Nathan slowed hard, he feel the vampiress gazing down, examining his throat... as if about bite into a big juicy ripe strawberry! Thankfully she seemed to decide against it for the moment, mentioning only that he should never go into her bed chambers and that before she went to sleep she wanted an unsightly single broken or loose feather to be pulled away from her feathers.   Nathan glanced up towards the direction that the Pegasus flew of into and then glanced back toward his mistress inquisitively as she turned.<br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="text-decoration: underline">“It’s the left wing you should be able to see it.” She smiled warmly.</span></span></span><br/><br/>"Yes ...I see it," Nathan replied, though his mind was a little curious as to the Pegasus strange behavior.  Then again horses and birds were always very peculiar creatures, and horse with a birds wings was probably as silly as both. Brushing the thoughts away, Nathan focused on the task at hand... he admired the beautifully colored plumes.<br/><br/>Truthfully he didn't know much of anything about death angels...or their wings...or not to touch them... howbeit, strangely enough Xenovia didn't know really anything about him either... only what he had told her.<br/><br/>Nathan however did know about birds and wings, and he knew better than to merely pluck it out, so instead with only good intentions in mind, he naively reached up and very gently stroked her wing,  allowing the loose feather to fall out on its on accord.<br/><br/>Seconds later... a cloud of dizziness came over him, Nathan's vision blurred and then he collapsed to the floor... he was utterly still and didn't move, his heart beat slowed, lower, and lower, and then he stopped breathing. His face was a picture of serene calmness! His body stiff as a corpse!<br/><br/>-<br/><br/><br/>An Hour later...<br/><br/><br/>-<br/><br/>Nathan's bright magenta eyes snapped open! and he inhaled sharply as upward gasping for air as if he had been dunked under water! He glanced around worriedly, fearing the worst! where was he! he didn't remember!<br/><br/>Oh yes! she must have bitten! maybe yes! Thats probably what happened! Now he had to get water! water! yes water for the Pegasus! he thought to himself a rolled off the stone! The embalmer person who was entering the room with his tray, suddenly stopped in his tracks and stared at him in dismay!<br/><br/>It didn't quite click yet, Nathan only rushed past him as he knew that the Pegasus if anything like his mistress would likely be very impatient and upset with him!  Nathan sprinted over to the top of the roof, and gave a very quick and apologetic bow! and spoke telepathically.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="text-decoration: underline">“Forgive me! feeding didn't go as expected, I sort of blacked out! I am very sorry! I am getting your water now, is there anything else you like?” </span></span></span>he told her and hurriedly through out the old water! and rinsed it out with the clean and refilled it with fresh, cold well water. Then Nathan hurried over refilling the feed with fresh rich smelling oats!  and tossed in an apple which he had been saving for later, he just hoped it was enough to bribe the Pegasus forgive him for being so late! as he assumed he had been out for hours or even a whole day!  but in reality it had only been a single hour.<br/><br/>After the Pegasus immediate needs where tended to, he hurriedly began mucking out the stables... making sure the stables were absolutely spotless!- as spotless as stables could be anyways.<br/><br/><br/>Once the work was finished, set himself on the bale of hay and sighed, glanced upward at horizon, the sun was up and luckily for him hopefully his mistress was fast asleep in her sun tight chambers and would hopefully not realize that he had waited so long to clean and tend to her Pegasus... which really hadn't been that long, accept in his mind.  Nathan settled backwards, and closed his eyes, contemplating how wonderful the hay was compared to the hard concrete slab he had woke up on.... then drifted to sleep.<br/><br/><br/>Nathan awoke, the following evening as the sun set. He yawned, and smiled over at Asia and went back to tending to the stables.... refreshing the water and getting more fresh food..... once there was nothing left to do, Nathan grabbed a broom, making sure to appear busy when his mistress came up to see her Pegsaus and or inspect his work.... all the while he had absolutely no idea that she would presume that he was dead!<br/><br/><br/><br/>............or at least until her other servants told her otherwise.