You don't know that! [ She shouts it in anger, the turmoil inside her building up faster and faster. Her knee-jerk reaction to his movement is to keep him where he is, and without even really thinking about it, she forms shapes out of the darkness which reach halfway up Teddy's legs in an attempt to anchor him where he stands. ] You don't know--!
[ Mid-sentence, she reaches to form a weapon. And though both Saten and Twila possess similar powers, everything Saten has done up to this point has been with her own strength. Her own will. Her own influence.
So when she reaches for a weapon and Twila's power responds before hers, it catches her. It's probably not something the spirit had expected to matter, but with the two already starting to conflict, it just further drives the wedge of doubt into Saten's consciousness.
Fine. Just let him be, then. He doesn't matter anyway.
This was proving more trouble than it was worth, and Twila does not want to risk losing Saten so soon. With the spirit no longer urging her on, Saten lets the black shapes on Teddy's legs dissolve. For the moment, the darkness on the ground still remains. ]
27th
[ Mid-sentence, she reaches to form a weapon. And though both Saten and Twila possess similar powers, everything Saten has done up to this point has been with her own strength. Her own will. Her own influence.
So when she reaches for a weapon and Twila's power responds before hers, it catches her. It's probably not something the spirit had expected to matter, but with the two already starting to conflict, it just further drives the wedge of doubt into Saten's consciousness.
Fine. Just let him be, then. He doesn't matter anyway.
This was proving more trouble than it was worth, and Twila does not want to risk losing Saten so soon. With the spirit no longer urging her on, Saten lets the black shapes on Teddy's legs dissolve. For the moment, the darkness on the ground still remains. ]
Go.