Amethyst remained silent and let the other two talk.  Still, thoughts were racing through her head.<br/><br/>States of arousal?  Only affecting the Exalted?  She took mental count of who might be doing this and what their reasons could be.<br/><br/>The Fair Folk certainly weren't far from Gem, and they did have a tendency to play with people's emotions.  But finding a way to affect only the Exalted and choosing to make said Exalted feel aroused didn't seem their style.  Perhaps they were planning a large scale invasion upon Creation, but it was unlikely they knew how Exaltation worked (at least no more than anyone else understands it... besides maybe Lytek).  The Fair Folk would likely assume Exaltations were passed down to children, since the only readily available group they may be able to analyze would be the Terrestrials.  It would be foolish for the Fair Folk to bolster the numbers of their enemies.<br/><br/>The Abyssal wouldn't take such action.  With their obsession with death and dying, encouraging procreation seemed a rather counter-intuitive for any of them to take.<br/><br/>The Infernals... Well, the Infernals may pull a stunt like this, but what they could possibly gain from it was beyond Amethyst's grasp.<br/><br/>The Lunars did seem to be obsessed with survival, and procreation would be considered part of that.  If they knew anything about Terrestrials passing their Exalted natures through the blood, they wouldn't attempt something like this, though.<br/><br/>The Solars... Amethysts thoughts were suddenly flooded with the realization that Bangle was now a Solar.  She decided to put them aside until her head had cleared enough to objectively consider them.<br/><br/>The Terrestrials would stand to gain from this.  Not only would their numbers increase but they would be able to notice other Exalted even when their anima wasn't apparent.  Certainly a possibility.  But would their knowledge of sorcery be strong enough to do something like this?  Perhaps they had uncovered an ancient artifact.<br/><br/>Finally, she thought of the Sidereal.  It would take unbelievable effort to hide it from the loom of fate, but if someone could, and they were of the Bronze Faction, they would gain all the same benefits of this event as the Terrestrials as well as possibly being able to wipe out the Gold Faction.<br/><br/>There were still too many possibilities and not enough clues.  Hopefully Seeker would be able to glean more insight form this than she was able to.<br/><br/>Then, suppressing a groan, Amethyst felt a strong sense of worry that she had only been sent here to be his bodyguard.  She hoped that wasn't the case, and if it was, felt it was a far better task for a Chosen of Battles.  Still, even if that was the case, she had been given a treat that made it more than worth it.<br/><br/>Her eyes once again focused on the all too familiar stranger.<br/><br/>