Glancing back and forth between Jaku and Tamara, Kellus' smile grows a bit more wistful as she appears to get caught up in some thought or memory before snapping back to the present.  "Well, it's not the first time that I've gotten someone else caught up in...something like that, but I can say that this was the first time that I was inside them at the time."  Looking past them she catches notice of Katy and how she is still somewhat caught up in the aftereffects, and Kellus' blush deepens a bit.  "And yes, if it gets strong enough it can certainly start to affect those nearby, although in this case there were a few conditions that added to it."<br/><br/>As both Jaku and Arkain ask about the nature of the magic, both Kellus and Aria trade glances for a moment, but when Aria just shrugs they turn back to the rest.  "Well, this was a combination of two different bits of magic, actually.  The first, as I mentioned earlier, is something that both of us can do, although I learned it from Kellus herself some time ago.  The second is her own special brand of magic, and as far as I can tell is something that I haven't seen anyone else capable of.  As for how it works, well..."  Closing her eyes, Aria coils up a bit until her lower body is in a tight spiral below her before her tailmaw lifts up beside her.  A moment later it shimmers for a moment, and a translucent bluish duplicate detaches and splits off to the side, giving the appearance of a second tailmaw coming off of her tail.  "To grossly oversimplify things, it's the ability to split off a portion of your will and give it form, like this.  It can't really interact with something physically, but it can pass on other effects far more effectively.  However, if you come into direct skin contact, we don't need to spend the energy and concentration to make the image, which makes the actual effect that much stronger."<br/><br/>"And on my end of things, I can channel elemental magic to do a variety of things.  Fire, water, wind, earth, wood, and metal.  In this case, it's fire and water that matter."  Holding up a finger, several small motes of light start orbiting slowly around Kellus' hand, each a different color, but four of the six fade out after a second, leaving just one red and one blue.  "Watercraft enables me to feel the emotions of those nearby, as an empath might, while fire allows me to amplify certain emotions, excitement and lust in this case.  Both can strengthen the other, and if I'm not careful, it can...well, I get excited, which then causes me to unintentionally spread it to others, which I then feel and get more excited, and so on.  I'm normally much more careful about it, but I thought it would just be Aria and myself."<br/><br/>Pausing for a moment, the two traded another glance before Kellus grinned and Aria rolled her eyes.  "Look at us, going on like we're back at the Academy giving lectures.  Apologies if that was too wordy, but like I said it's a pretty complex topic.  In any case, I think we've taken up enough of your time, especially with the young one here, so unless you desperately needed us for anything, we'd best get cleaned up and be on our way."