Isabelle didn't reply for a nearly a minute and she looked at Rayne.<span style="color: #663300">"did you mean to impress me with that display? to show bravery? or perhaps showcase this ability you have to bond with nature? was it a cultural thing for you that i am not understanding? i will admit i was terrified and i may be overreacting but from my perspective that was a display of pure madness and more then a little suicidal."</span>she continued on for a bit and shook her head.<span style="color: #663300">"there are just over sixty thousand Seraphim on this moon and too many of them are old and infertile... or sterile as i am. we will go extinct from inbreeding in less then twenty generations. so you will forgive me if i will not risk even one precious child."</span>her voice was cracked in a way Rayne had never heard from a Seraphim and there were tears in her eyes.<span style="color: #663300">"tell no one... especially Jass, let him die with hope."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>