As a strange magic air engulfed her, the Blood Hunters eyes widened, as her magic power seemed to seep out of her suddenly! She kept it under control, barely and tugged a little, putting everything back into balance. A small cough escaped her as the magic in the air thickened, and her mouth suddenly tasted rich of copper. Her internal injuries in withstanding the Blood Queens power had yet to heal completely.<br/><br/>Then, as the hot and cold air got released from the magic, she felt a power surge, and not only the strain on her body lessened, but she felt a part of the malicious energy of the Queen dissipating into nothingness!<br/><br/>Usually, she would have needed to expend more power to break the elders spell formation, even such a weak one.<br/><br/>Serafima frowned slightly, as the dragon rolled around, wailing, as if he had been burned for real. ~ What about the records? He should not<span style="font-style: italic"> feel </span>the backslash so intensely! ~<br/>Then, she sucked a small breath in, as she saw what was happening!<br/><br/>Usually, there should be no marks remaining on the body, but Snows blemish free skin seemed to be like a sponge, sucking the magic inside the chains dry, and imprinting a copy of the reddish-silver mark  from the harness on himself.<br/>Since the Norva blood was given<span style="font-style: italic"> willingly</span>and therefore released its magic freely, there was no danger from a backslash at all! The drawings actually expanded and grew as if they had their own will, drawing a complete marking, that even surpassed the tattoos on the metal!<br/>Looking at the dragon, Serafima felt a cold shiver run down her spine.<br/>~Impossible...! How is our magic so ...<span style="font-style: italic">compatible</span>? ~ The Norva was partly excited and partly afraid, yes<span style="font-style: italic">afraid</span>!<br/>Other kinds of creatures were maybe able to sense the magical arrays, but as for a reaction to them? There had been none! - so this was a baffling first for her.<br/>Plus, she did not expect him being able to<span style="font-style: italic">feel</span>her casting magic atmosphere.<br/><span style="font-style: italic"> ~So, this is a dragons heritage. Both powerful in body and in magic.~</span>She thought resignedly.<br/>Normally no magical creature would be able to resonate so well with norne magic, for it was mysterious, cold and hard to activate. Not to speak about training in its ways.<br/>~Is this the so called<span style="font-weight: bold">'resonance'</span>? ~  Serafimas facial features froze for a bit while her mind worked intensely, recapping all the articles about Norne magic interaction. ~Is<span style="font-style: italic">this</span>one of the reasons the Blood Queen wants to breed a perfect Norva? Did I just... ~ she did not dare to think further.<br/><br/>Instead, she focussed on her scientific mind, that wanted to observe the unexpected!<br/>Looking up and down the tattoos with a slight curious sparkle, her lips curled at his words.<br/><br/>The dragon seemed to be strangely happy and even<span style="font-style: italic"> grateful</span>after being mistreated... She was really perplexed, but at the moment she could just ignore his strange quirks.<br/><br/>Her slight smirk got deeper, as she weighed the pros and the cons of telling the dragon, that this 'mark' would disappear soon, for it was not a direct contract mark and actually should have not happened on his skin!<br/><br/>Tugging Snow closer with the leash, she slid a cold finger in the gap between the magic restraints and Snows now reddish-colored skin, tracing the fresh symbols with a her finger, as she inserted her mental power into the runes to trace the magic flow.<br/><br/>She wanted to check out the results of this interesting situation.<br/>After a while of concentrating, Serafima retracted her mental powers, and nodded, satisfied - it was not as bad as she thought. Because she did not engrave his skin directly, it would not be a permanent soul bond, and it was nothing dangerous.<br/><br/>Plus, the good news was that, even if it was just a temporal link,  most of the empowerments were working.<br/>She could freely release or block his magic flow, allow or restrict his shifting and  his release of magic powers.<br/><br/>What is more, since he had felt the temperature change so intensely just now, the magic was connected to his nerve system, giving her the power to make him<span style="font-style: italic">feel</span>pain to a certain degree, if she wished to get his attention, or was sightly displeased.<br/><br/>There was also a communication link established- as in Serafima giving Snow commands even from a distance. It was not as taxing and painful as a forced mental link, but it only worked one way.<br/><br/>A permanent link would solve this problem, as well as giving some nice empowerment and other options, but, if a simple magic was that intense, it would be way too dangerous to try it out without proper experimenting!<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~This should work for now - I just need to renew it now and then.~</span><br/><br/>As the metal harness was not needed, she simply retracted the already weakened magic from it, and with a slight mental tug on it, there was no need for an incantation, Serafima merely whispered:<br/><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-style: italic">"Shatter!"</span></span><br/>And the already  brittle chain disintegrated into small pieces, falling in a small rain of glittering silver pieces to the floor.<br/><br/>Shrugging her shoulders, Serafima took a step back, finally heeding the need to answer his question. For a while now, she had just been taking her time to silently study him, without much of an expression but a curious glint of her eyes.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"Please me?... I'll leave it for later, since you will hate me soon enough again."</span>a melodic chuckle escaped her, contrary to the words she stated.<br/>Because after they left the room, she planned to make some of the dragons threats a possible reality... probably not the way he had imagined it, though.<br/><br/>She was not done with him yet - and this made her mood rise another notch...<br/><br/>It was of course impossible to believe that this little one would keep up with everything she threw at him, but the Norva wondered a little, how pleasing he would be to look at, as she molded him with her own hands into a proper warrior...<br/><br/>Remembering the time, they should not miss his 'initiation' so she just waved her hand to make him follow her, but then her eyes fell at the tattoos and the naked upper torso.<br/><span style="font-style: italic">~Ah. My fauxpas. Who would have known he would be a living example of my magic powers... nobody would believe that this was a work of a 3rd grade Norva, however mystical or magical a dragon might be...~</span><br/>Sighing, she took out a black warrior overall from one of her spatial pockets. It was one of her spares, but since they were uni-size and fitted to the bearer after determining his features, this would not be a problem.<br/><span style="color: #FF4040">"Put it on properly, and dont flaut any of your 'marks' infront of people. Or I will be <span style="font-style: italic"> very displeased</span>." </span>She explained it simply. Snow would probably not understand or listen to a lengthy explanation as to<span style="font-style: italic">why</span>both of them would best case die and worst case become the living puppets/pets of one of the major powers if both their magic powers were known to be this strong ...<br/>To emphasize her seriousness, she tried out one of her newly gained methods to punish him - the smallest insert of mental power into his nerves - pricking and tickling them a little.<br/>It would feel like an army of ants crawling over and under his skin, while trying to nibble and bite at his body, centering along the freshly made marks. Not a very painful, but mostly an annoying feeling that most could not stand.<br/><br/>Observing the male so he would quickly put on his clothes, she felt a slight vibration on her communicator - Alfred messaged her that everything was ready.<br/>Sending a short confirmation that they would be on their way soon, she waited for the dragon to get covered up.