((OOC: Mike has discovered the ability<strong>Warrior's Insight</strong>- by spending some time "sizing up" an individual, he can gain a supernatural insight for how that person approaches conflict - be it physical or emotional.  Occasionally this will give useful information about how the target can be expected to act.  More concretely, however, the next time Mike is in a Contested Roll or Conflict with that character, he can "cash in" this insight to gain a free success on a roll that would otherwise have failed, possibly turning the tables.  Normally this ability requires a minimum Lust score of 1 to use (although using it does not increase Lust), but things seem to work differently in this strange frozen world...))<br/><br/>Trying to study the runes was painful, but Mike's perseverance finally rewarded him.  The runes seemed to shift and change in even, regular patterns - almost like breathing.  Mike noticed that when the creatures moves, the runes seemed to move first, dragging the body along like puppets.  That was it, he realized.  The<em>runes</em>were the creature, not the body they were "possessing" or whatever.  The runes were alive.  The disturbing thing, Mike realized, was that this was not an insight he normally would have been able to make.  Some new part of him - the part that was created the night before - had gathered the information using senses he wasn't consciously aware of.<br/><br/>Patty answered his question whilst he studied them.  "<em>You don't need to worry.  We have done nothing to your friends.  We can't, actually.</em>"<br/><br/>The freshman spoke, picking up on Patty's statement without missing a beat, as if she'd been the one speaking all along.  "<span class="bbc_u">Humans can't exist outside of time.  Their minds, their bodies - nothing about them is built for it.  They can't interact in any way with beings like us, who exist in null-time.</span>"<br/><br/>Jeff spoke, again tailgating the other's words in a confusing way that made it sound like one person was talking with three voices.  "<strong>The next question you should ask yourself is, that being true... what are you doing here?</strong>"  All three raised an eyebrow at Mike and Olivia, the implied answer unspoken.