"Yay, you did it!" Pylea hooted while Nikodemus just offered a  warm smile and a "well done".<br/>"About time too!" Pylea babbled on excitedly. "This trick is so easy, I was beginning to worry you were slow or something."<br/>Nikodemus cleared his throat a little to loudly but Pylea didn't seem to notice, nor did she notice the frown on his face, she just blabbered on.<br/>"If someone as silly as me could learn it the very first day I thought you had to be really stupid to struggle so."<br/>"Pylea!" Nikodemus said with a sharp voice that made the girl jump, finally catching on to the fact she might have displeased him. But like a runaway train Pylea just didn't seem to know when to stop.<br/>"What? No, I'm not saying Ember is stupid," she said and gave her friend a quick smile before turning her attention back to Nikodemus and the hole she was digging for herself. "I just thought she might be stupid when she couldn't get the contract to work, but she did it now so it's alright." She looked at the old goat and swallowed nervously, frantically shaking her head.<br/>"No, not stupid. Definitely not..."<br/><br/>Finally the stern gaze proved to much and she just sat there, her mouth opening and closing but no words coming out. Nikodemus shot her a final icy glare before he locked eyes with Ember and his smile returned.<br/>"You have to excuse Pylea, sometimes I think her mouth is quicker than her thoughts." He glanced at the embarrassed girl. "A lot quicker." After a few more seconds of uncomfortable silence he winked at Pylea and Ember could see the relief on her face.<br/>"Your focus on how similar you and Ember seem blind you to the fact that it's, for the most part, only skin deep. Yes, you are both clearly touched by fire, but you forget how very different your time in Arcadia must've been." He shifted to a more comfortable position in the bed, leaning back against the wall to support his aching back. He looked happy though, Ember could tell how much he enjoyed the role of teacher.<br/>"By definition our faerie natures defies every attempt to label and classify us. None the less, one can if one so wish, divide us Lost into six broad categories, as long as one doesn't over estimate it's importance. Sure, I have heard it said that all Ogres are a bit slow and gullible, but if you assume it to be true for all of them you are in for a nasty surprise one day. It is also common knowledge that Beasts, due to their animal sides, struggle with the academic side of human society, sometimes hopelessly lost if asked to do such a simple thing as go on-line to check their mail, or read a book." Nikodemus scoffed at this and looked at the girls with a mischievous gleam in his eyes.<br/>"Now girls, for as long as you have known me, have you know me to be anything than a dusty old book worm with his nose so stuck in the books that he doesn't have a clue what goes on around him?"<br/><br/>He made it clear it had only been a rhetorical question as he didn't wait for a reply.<br/>"That being said, there are some things that seem to be true for each Seeming. Take Pylea for example. Her nature as an Elemental gives her an intuitive understanding of the Contracts dealing with her patron element. Remember that when you see people struggle with things that seem like childplay to you and they might in return be patient with you when you try to learn a contract that doesn't come as natural to you."<br/>He gave the girls a warm look and they could detect a hint of pride in his voice when he spoke again.<br/>"One day you might find your roles reversed and Ember might teach you a thing or two."<br/>The quick glance Pylea gave Ember told her that her new friend wouldn't mind that at all.<br/>"Now, my eyes grow heavy and my throat is parched. If there is anything you are wondering you better ask me now, I will have to rest soon."