Luna smiled softly. She didn’t deserve to be praised, not for what she’d been in some past life. She didn’t even deserve praise for fighting off the demon; if she’d discovered her power any later, the wolf would have been deep inside of her, and she’d have Alex to thank that she wasn’t being pumped full of its cum. She shook her head. She’d been lucky, that was all. On the other hand, he’d been fighting all his life against an enemy she hadn’t even known about, without even having the benefit of magic. He deserved far more praise than she.<br/><br/>Gently, she laid a hand on his shoulder, a bit embarrassed that he was kneeling before her. “I’d be honoured to have your help, Alex,” she said. If she was going to be fighting more demons like the warg, she was going to need all the help she could get. “But I’m just a girl who happens to have a terrible burden on her shoulders. I don’t rather not be seen as a slumbering guardian. I’d much rather be Luna.” She offered him a smile, and tucked a strand of her brown hair behind an ear.<br/><br/>“You’ve done far more in this life than I have. And you, at least, have an idea of what you’re doing. There’s nothing special or heroic about fumbling about in the dark and hoping you can protect yourself when things go horribly wrong. Destroying that demon wasn’t part of some grand strategy; it was just luck, and it’s good to know that you would have helped me if I hadn’t managed to.” Luna held her hand toward the kneeling hunter. “I have no idea what I’m doing,” she said with a sheepish grin. “But I’m going to need all the help I can get. That means finding others like me, like you, and not letting those<i>things</i>have their way. But you don’t need to<i>serve</i>me to do that. Just... work<i>with</i>me. Guard my back, and I’ll try to guard yours.”<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>