Darius seemed to unwind slightly as Gwen pulled him into the shop. Immediately the smell climbed into his nose, causing a wrinkle of distaste. "No wonder it's empty."<br/><br/>Dragging a stool with his foot over, he sat down. "If I knew, I'd ask. Truly. I don't know what that was, other than uncomfortable. I hadn't really noticed it all morning, but whatever I drew from yesterday to make your little rock explode seems to be bubbling just under the surface. Whatever it was swelled while we were standing there and it was all I could do not to get sick on that damned floor. There was just... so much of it. Trying to grab hold was like holding on to an oiled snake. The harder I grabbed, the harder it resisted. As soon as I gripped you, it settled, and my hand tingled to numbness fairly quick."<br/><br/>Even as he spoke, he could feel what he felt earlier. It wasn't... threatening per se. It was simply volatile, and seemed to be continuously building. Holding it down so that it didn't surge once again was already proving troublesome. "It's as if there's a well inside me, and I have it capped with wood. It's completely full, and the harder I press down against it to keep it in, the more pressure it exerts to get out."<br/><br/>Simple brown eyes gazed up at her in frustration, now oddly tinged gold on the outer edges of the irises. "Perhaps we should make haste up the mountain?" Tilting his head curiously, Darius reached for her hand and pressed it to the side of his neck. Cautiously, he "let off" holding back against the energy that his body contained and quickly breathed a sigh of relief as the volatility calmed. He could feel a trickle of whatever he had siphoning into her hand, all the while his body hummed pleasantly. It felt as if every nerve ending in his body was being stimulated, and whatever well of energy was there was slowly drained down a fraction. It was just enough to be comfortable, likely not much by her standards, but the edge was gone as he cut off the flow. A hard shiver rolled down his spine.<br/><br/>"I didn't hurt you, did I?"