((I really hope that was a one time deal there Xeno buddy, as far as being so short and all.  If not, we might have to have a few words lol.))<br/><br/>Giselle hugged the Witch in turn, feeling relatively safe despite what was happening of late and what might still happen.  She nodded and cleaned up quickly, chuckling since it had taken her some time to master most of her spells herself.  Still, maybe Emma would be different?  That was assuming she could manage to cast anything at all of course.  "Heh, it's understandable since it took me forever to get to where I am now, so don't feel bad if it's the same for you Emma.  Just like anything in this world, practice makes perfect.  Still, thanks for what you said earlier and that's why I haven't taken anyone to my bed for almost a whole century, for that small fact that men are indeed pigs.  Oh well, that's a conversation for another day."  Stepping out of the bath and drying with the towel she had put aside for this, Giselle sighed but smiled, feeling cheerful despite the conversation they had had up until then.  Wrapping a dry towel around herself as she wrung out her hair over the side of the tub, pulling the drain with a simple twitch of her right hand without actually touching the thing, Giselle cleaned up her mess quickly enough and let Emma take over, sitting on the same chair that Emma had used up until then.  It was fun to talk to Emma despite how different they were.  Besides, she still had to put that shield spell on her claws.<br/><br/>"Hold still a moment and I'll take care of these.  For magic to be effective, you first have to believe it will work.  I know that sounds cheesy but I couldn't pull off anything I do if I didn't think I could do it.  Despite what some people back home will tell you, you don't have to belong to a particular church or religion to use power like I do.  There are spells and abilities that work better or work at all that do require you belong to a faith, but for the most part all you need to do is believe in yourself and the power you are trying to harness.  Simple spells like moving things with your mind, speaking to another through a telepathic link, and other simple spells are easy to master.  It's when you get into the realm of fireballs, lightning orbs, and cones of frost, among other things, is when it gets hard.  Putting a simple shield spell to dull a blade or in this case claws, is somewhat difficult since you have to do it for every single one."  Putting a fingertip to Emma's left hand, Giselle traced a path up to the woman's index finger and further to her claw, just touching the dangerous implement so as not to cut herself.  A red line appeared behind Giselle's dark fingertip that enveloped the claw, making the edge smooth and unable to harm a person or an object Emma might pick up now.  Doing the same with the rest of Emma's hand, Giselle smiled up at the girl once it was done.  "Try it out, see if you like the handiwork.  If you do I can do the other hand as well, but if not I can undo the enchantment easily enough.  Remind me and I'll break the spell when you need to fight though.  It'll be easier to break than put on since I can just hit them all at once.  Creating it is the hard part since every finger is a different length and size, though not much different.  It's enough though that trying to blanket them all is impossible."