Vess shook her head and sighed.<span style="color: #00ffff">"i guess she only gets devoted to the child after she is born-"</span>she winced and sighed quietly.<span style="color: #00ffff">"sorry, i am trying not to talk about future things that i know that are supposed to be surprises."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #ff8000">"I'm sorry but that isn't how it works, the Warlock formed as a result of trauma and a desire for revenge. your powers won't manifest a personality, they will just obey your will."</span>he moved so that he was across the table from her so she could more easily look at him.<span style="color: #ff8000"> "i am going to get to know you. your not getting it, you will never be happy with all of that pain buried inside you poisoning you look at it this way."</span>he leaned down and placed his arm on the table and then he waved one hand over it and a boil appeared and began to grow infinitely faster then it normally would have.<span style="color: #ff8000">"this is your past, all the pain trapped beneath the skin. see how it just keeps growing and spreading? growing more painful and more infected with every passing day. it doesn't matter how thick my skin grows, the damage is done, in fact the thicker my skin the worse it is for me. but if we do this."</span>a large needle appeared in his hand and he lanced the boil but contained the smell and the mess as he squeezed the infection out.<span style="color: #ff8000">"it gets better."</span>he wiped all of it away and stood back up.<span style="color: #ff8000">"you have to talk about your past. you have to cry, scream, rant or break things. whatever you need to do to express your feelings instead of bottling them up you are going to do. and i don't care if i have to keep pushing you for ten thousand years but Rachel is mortal, and a Troll, they don't live very long. before you dig your heels in and try to out stubborn me you might want to have one of your internal arguments and decide what is more important, seeing Rachel again or trying to out stubborn me."</span><br/><br/>Ashia rolled her eyes so hard The'kal just might hear it and she shook her head.<span style="color: #404040"> "you are kind, loving and extremely affectionate, just what i think someone as wounded as Order would need, you just have to show her those things. the only reason Order is on this planet is because she wants you, i think she would be overjoyed if you showed her that you want her too."</span><br/><br/>Rachel rubbed her temples and then looked at The'kal.<span style="color: #0000ff">"you think i want that around my child? i don't. i would be happy if my child never saw a drop of blood in their entire life, unless they asked to be taught how to hunt but that is beside the point. if i can avoid a fight i will but if i am attacked i will defend myself without even thinking about it, it's muscle memory, it's instinct, there is no thought there, just a dance of death to which i know all the steps. there is no time to think or call for help, that would only get me killed"</span>she smirked a little and shook her head.<span style="color: #0000ff"> "i appreciate that but this will be actual punishment. this wasn't an order to clean the house in an apron, i told her to stay in bed and rest multiple times but instead she aggravated her condition severely which aggravated me at a time when i really needed to be calming down."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>