Keisha could still feel the faint echoes of the primordial fear lace her heart as each beat pounded against her chest, but with a mixture of her own resolve, the presence of her haunt Mistress at her side and her own unwillingness to suffer undue opprobrium within her dark eyes, she saw to it that she pulled her mind back from the chasm that had threatened to engulf her, and with it she slunk deeper into the shadows, her eyes narrowed sharply as she pulled closer under the watchful veil of Rebecca's deepening shroud.<br/><br/>Her hand still rested against Rebecca's thigh, though the tense grip she had displayed at encountering the bestial projection of the seneschal had now passed but her hand remained in some compliant gesture of subserviance... the delicate touch of her Mistresses hand over hers chased away the last trendrils of the ancient shadow from her mind and once more the darkness that she sought to embrace held sway over her...This simple gesture sent a deep feeling through her, one she recognised and took some small comfort from this, taking from it the understanding that her Sire had seen deep into her and witnessed the struggle that had ensued beneath the surface of her eyes... and that although her grasp had been faltering, she had retained it, a soft smile flickered across her lips and she felt the comfortable wash of darkness embrace her.  Her eyes panned about the room a little while longer and watched the exchanges.<br/><br/>Her gaze softened a little at the question of her shadowy Mistress and the last flicker of fear fell from her eyes, replaced by the more inate instincts she had come to embrace.  She had sought acceptence to the Sanctum and if anything, this experience only served to tighten her resolve to that cause... and, perhaps even, one distant day, she yearned for her name to be spoken of with at least a fraction of the  same hushed reverence that Rebecca's presence often caused...<br/><br/>"If it pleases you, I would wish not to remain here Mistress..." Her eyes flickered around the room, narrowing a portion before returning to the abyssial gaze that washed across her...