<div class="floatright">(http://www.millaj.com/pics/uv151.jpg)</div><br/><div align="center">Zoe Lirlun (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=94371.msg4117433#msg4117433)<br/></div><br/>From the unsettling smiles the creature returned and that tone of voice it was obvious the man wasn't human, although he looked so sure enough. Zoe was a mix of emotions. Fear was there certainly still confusion and disorientation was so much more relevant that it made everything feel dreamy... surreal, like one of her paintings.<br/><br/>Still that power, new power surged through her, power enough to be ... Still if it came from a demonic source...<br/><br/><strong>"Whoever or whatever you are, no I am more surprised than any, it seems everyone else knows what is going on but me... "<br/></strong><br/>She closed her eyes. What did she sign ? Something she will likely find out the hard way if she couldn't talk to Naburus soon.<br/><strong><br/>"If indeed the pact was against your will then know I didn't have much of a will when that noble woman implied what I should do, can barely recall much of it, any of it really. If I have done something against yours then I apologize, I was not myself. Why would Naburus <br/>oversee such a thing ? It must be due to what he fears would happen if he didn't. And that likely has a lot to do with defending the city if I know him at all. Some new creatures appeared, horrid things ... I barely escaped, and I think .. well, without this pact, none other than <br/>Naburus and who he helps escape would. We are not a people that can up and leave on short notice. "</strong><br/><br/>Zoe then described them as best she could.<br/><br/><strong>"Perhaps he fears what they can do more than he fears what these pacts could, right or wrong, seems what's done is done."<br/></strong><br/><br/>Perhaps she would be more fearful of the creature when the rush of new power faded, something that didn't seem likely now though.<br/>But if that power came from HIM then likely he wouldn't be able to use it himself, which would make her seem like a power stealer from his perspective, something to be annoyed at ... even if it wasn't her fault.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2658/3967081370_705358d3d7.jpg)</div><br/><strong>"I know we are linked somehow, the nature of which I don't know but its not my intention to annoy you, getting along through this as best one can expect is what I hope for, if you have wants or needs concerning diet, rest or the like, please tell me"</strong><br/><br/>Next to her study desk was one of her favorite paintings, one she painted herself, one that helped her stay motivated when her studies of runes felt too daunting to continue.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/8258/jacekyerka06yw7.jpg)</div>