The building was still, mostly silent. Offices below them now perhaps. Happily nothing occupied for Islwyn's earlier thump to have roused. The cold sky offered little to her, the air icy and dry. The city though, the city teamed with energy, with life, with power, with food. The hotel had life, the restaurant and the lower levels where there were shops. Buildings holding homes. The skitter of life in the streets. Some burning brightly, some dull. Humans and others. Aderyn let it wash through her, carefully expanding her senses bit by bit.<br/><br/>She could gather some energy this way, enough to balance what she expended on exploration. It was also worth it, to look, to learn this city where they had found themselves. Of course it was dangerous as well, but she could feel Islwyn's anchoring presence, dark and solid in her mind. The cold seeped slowly into her as she sat motionless, but it felt like simply becoming more one with the wintry city. The air and the concrete and the metal all chill, and herself there with it, hidden from sight by becoming part of it. Aderyn drifted, finding spots to avoid, spots of human magic or other magic, making her map peacefully now that she was resigned to a wait. If they need move, she would know how and where from this finding. She could not encompass the entire city, it was too far, too big, but she could learn a good area around them.<br/><br/>The sudden flicker of flame so close felt searing. Heat in the ice. A summons, a challenge. Could you find this small magic? This focused energy drawn from body and surroundings? It would be subtle if she wasn't so open. Her eyes snapped open wide and Islwyn asked so softly she could barely hear him, "Where?" He didn't move, invisible in the night, but she could feel him alert and ready.<br/><br/>It wasn't vital to be so quiet with human ears what they were, but she answered just as softly, "That penthouse is used by the mages. He doesn't hunt, he calls." Her eyes drifted closed again and she spent a moment considering that small magic from a distance. It was an alien mentality to her. Hunting was a fun game, why would you not follow the clues? They were both silent, so silent, now.<br/><br/>Finally Islwyn asked in that same nearly inaudible voice, "Like a Leanan?" They lured and did not pursue. Still dangerous. Harder to quantify without being hunted. Were the humans clever or lazy?<br/><br/>Aderyn took a deep breath of the cold and let it out, watching the small cloud fade from her lips. The thought of a human being like a Leanan amused her. Her own soft answer, "Well. I suppose we wait then and see." She was one with the cold city, she was freed of her impatience, if the mages would not hunt, they could be hunted.<br/><br/>"Are you going to look closer?" Islwyn shifted closer to her, but in a way that was so slow and so smooth it would not draw even the seeking eye. They were too used to those who could see distances in the darkness, habit made their movement subtle when it was worth it to them.<br/><br/>"To see if he will catch me? Chancy with only yourself to pull me back brother. Lets see if his lure does not work, what actions they take. Will they care they have lost us? I can watch alone. Why don't you take sport. See their flames, can you find the vehicle they were in?" Aderyn felt her brother smile more than saw it. Joy in action, joy in understanding this was mischief to be done. She felt him slip away, moving carefully to remain hidden.<br/><br/>Alone now, she drifted back to harmony with the city. Concealed and aware, no life would be able to approach her without her feeling it. She was not moving into the mages space, so they would not see her watching. At least she was decently confident they would not. If they did, she could be impressed. Her presence would only become obvious if one did draw close to her position, and the flames of their energy curved to her attraction. Most people never missed the bits that she could absorb, but mages... mages would notice. Mages would see that the extra energy flowed to her as she opened herself to it. There was no way to stay hidden when energy spiraled into your position. For now though, no one was close, and so there was nothing to give her away.<br/><br/>Now all was taken care of. Aderyn could watch to see if the mages did anything of interest when unanswered. Islwyn could ensure that they were not able to escape without the conversation she hoped for. Even watching from a distance she would be able to follow the pulse of their lives, brightly burning as a mage was they were difficult to miss. It would at least tell her if they gave up and moved to leave. Then she would join Islwyn. Wouldn't it be amusing to be innocently waiting in the mages car? Of course that might anger them, but the idea was just too funny to resist.<br/><br/>It would say something too. You Saw us, but we can find your things, your flame has kissed them and we can taste it. We can hunt, and find. We are too large for you to consume. It was a satisfying message.