<strong>Character: </strong>Raven<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Commons Area/ Kitchen<br/><strong>Tag:</strong>Zatanna<br/><strong>Time: </strong>Sunday Night/ Early Monday Morning<br/><br/>Raven nodded, and listened as Zatanna ... she felt comfortable like despite all that she'd done she wasn't going to loose Zatanna's friendship. Which meant alot to her. Perhaps even more than she could articulate; but she would save telling Zatanna that for another time ... the last thing Zatanna needed was more on her emotional plate.<br/><br/>Raven nodded at Zatanna's question. "It seems like you enjoy questions that require a bit of explanation... "<br/><br/>Raven didn't want to tell her, but ... she wasn't going to lie ... and if Kal had done something to make her wonder ... she owed it to her friend to give a full story.<br/><br/>"I'm an empath ... most people assume that means, I can sense feelings ... much like they can see colors. Truth be told it's closer to the sense of taste than sight. Much like you can't taste color ... you can't see feelings ... you feel them."<br/><br/>Raven waited a moment, she wasn't sure the analogy she gave was the best, but hoped Zatanna would get it well enough to understand. "On Azarath I basically grew up on a diet of bread and water ... emotionally speaking. I was rarely allowed to even see my mother ... even the only from a distance; and we were never allowed to touch ... no hugs, no good night kisses ... nothing. When I first came here ... everyone's emotions scared the living daylights out of me. Love, Hate, Rage, Passion ... all these emotions are strong ... stronger than anything I've ever had to face on Azarath; but I managed ... spending most of my days alone in meditation."<br/><br/>She paused again, now getting to the answer that Zatanna was seeking. "When we were fighting Jinx ... She managed to knock off my charka.."[color] Raven said, pointing to the small red gem on her forehead.<br/><br/>"It's a focus for my empathic powers ... I can't limit the emotions that flow into me from others. Normally it's a small amount of what they're feeling ... if someone's in a full on rage, I might feel irritated. However with it gone ... I felt everything that everyone in the city was feeling at once ... it was ... overwhelming."<br/><br/>"Let's just say ... with half of the city fearing for their lives ... the overwhelming emotion of the city was ... wanting to feel alive. In the end ... I picked up a rather revealing sheer bathing suit... when Kal joined me in the pool ... I felt it was good idea to give him a show ... ... he got to keep the bathing suit."<br/><br/>She looked down at her tea "And if this feeling is any indication, a good portion of my dignity as well."<br/>