The Shadow shook his head.  "How short-sighted and unimaginative of you," he said, "But then, had your kind been willing to use their powers to increase their numbers rather than rely on the slow cycles of nature Nayearth would be your domain, not in the keeping of pitiful animals like her..."<br/><br/>He gestured towards Ana's comatose form.<br/><br/>"My children will tear her apart from the inside," he said, "No loss, just one human girl.  But you... You will survive to bear me countless children my dear Lauralana.  I will have to... change you of course.  But when I am done, you will survive birthing an army."  Then he reached up cup her chin and turn her head to gaze into his swirling eyes.  "I will bring you before your ancestors and bind our souls as one," he whispered, "Mated as one mind, one spirit, one body..."<br/>