Bright red cheeks aside, Yeni would he three tails behind her a out a soft exhale.

  "Jokes aside. Something you have probably not noted yourself, at least not sciously. Your senses are sharper. You are more perceptive to your surroundings. It be overwhelming at first, especially ail when you track a person across a room with absolute precision by their heartbeat. You'll have your peace disturbed more and hackles will raise more as you bee aware of your surroundings in a way you aren't used to. It takes a week or so to adapt but then you'll not notice it. Four tail Kitsunes are almost impossible to sneak up on"

  With Yeni's words, Kiko nodded softly. The day had been really vigerous so far, but she retty on edge around the Camp. She chalked that up to just being on edge because she nearly died to a bull-man and while the event didn't bother her because of the Kitsuality, she was still nearly killed by a bull-man.

  "I'll...try to keep hackles down then" she muttered, stroking her neckce gently.

  "Appreciated" a new voice suddenly spoke. Kiko jumped out of her skin and turo the woman with hackles most definitely raised.

  "Are you just fug with me?!" Kiko yelled at Yeni. "Not two seds ago you tell me I have super sehen boom, someone sneaks up on me!" Kiko gred at both of them at the same time, flig her eyes between them so they both got a good helping.

  "I didn't sneak. I teleported. There is a differehe woman replied, all matter of fact, like telep was just a casual thing one did. Giving the new woman a proper look rather than just gring, Kiko saw she was definitely dressed...differently. A full body cloak, buttoned up to the top with a hood that covered her eyes. The cloak went all the way down to her feet, and she had such a graceful way of moving that the cloak wasn't disturbed in the slightest, giving the illusion of floating. Or...well, maybe it wasn't an illusion.

  Just like how the yellow lines - the exact same shade as the sword that Za used - glittering and shifting in a dance-like rhythm was an illusion. Maybe.

  "Telep....Like, Void Stepping?" Kiko asked, curious about this whole thing. Telep was awesome, and if she could do that then she would be awesome. Though by her mother's rea, they were two different teiques.

  "You have astral postition, I see. No, Telep is nothing like Void Stepping. Void Stepping is an upper-high martial movement teique, with aion more plicated than I expin in any reasonable amount of time. Teleportation, is Sed Tier Magic, whistantaneously translocates matter from one point of the po the another. How much do you know about magic?" the woman asked, stepping up to Kiko and brushing a hand across her face, a hand that sparked with some kind of electricity. Though, didn't hurt like normal static.

  "...Very little" Kiko admitted with an abashed look. "Which is to say, nothing at all"

  "Well, then we have a lot of work to do, please, take a seat" the woman offered, gesturing to a chair that had not been there a moment ago. Yeni, seeing all was good, departed the tent to go about her business. Once Kiko had iaken a seat, she began to talk. "Now, freetings. I am Eternia Normis, Utmeradn? of the Disciples of the Crab" it olite introdu, but Kiko just stared for a moment before speaking."Ut-what now? What even was that nguage?" she asked, face pstered with fusion."Utmeradn?. It's an old tohat has...unclear ins. Language bees less of an issue for a Magus due to easy access of Orpheus' Ear, which transtes nguage dynamically upon hearing it. Orpheus' Tongue is harder, which dynamically transtes nguages you speak, but still not a difficult spell to learn in the grand scheme of things. But it means Wielder, a high rank given to a Magus who has broached into Sed Tier Magic"

  Eternia spoke, and steam came from Kiko's ears. All this, so quid fast...She knew magic existed, and that it kind of sucked iion to what you could do with tech, but now...there were tiers of magid spells to transte shit and everything. "K....Kiko. Ator. Of...I don't even know what this is called" Kiko replied, her brain spiralling deeper into dark fusion."Kruskis. s are named after the Den Mother that created them. But it is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Ator. I shall be yic Tutor until you have trol over your power.

  Usually a prospective Magus would, before opening the First Gate, gh a twelve week course of Eg ? Ia, which sists of safety procedures, proper casting traditions, basic sce, general education and moral strengthening. Magic is special and intricate, and we o ehat the user knows what they are getting into. Unfortunately, there is no time for that. Your little trick has blowhe first Gate, and so you o learn to trol yic or die in a catastrophihat will put everyone around you are risk. So your curriculum will be focused, singur, and accelerated”

  Eternia spoke with such a calm demenour that it took Kiko a few seds to clock what she was saying. But once Kiko had indeed made sure she heard right, she exploded off her chair.“T-then e on. I don’t want to put a risk!” She excimed, and was then firmly but gently pushed bato her seat by some unseen force.“You o keep yourself calm. Mana, the source of power, reacts to emotion. You get to riled and it will act” that, would expin the woman’s softly spoken, demure tone, but didn’t help Kiko.“Why the fuck!...” she took a breath and calmed herself down. “Why would anyone want to be a Mage if it has so many issues i?” Kiko asked. Still a bit pissed at the whole situation but gettier at staying calm.“A .50 caliber rifle dislocate your shoulder with one shot if you hold it wrong. But people still use it” Eteria replied, her soft and warm smiling doio simmer down Kiko.“That’s because we hat against…………ok, I get it. People beages because we heir magiever heard of your Order” Kiko paused for a long moment, and then finished.“We don’t precisely advertise, and most people rationalize our powers as fantastical or that of a chartan. Also, the term is Magus. Mage refers more to a man or woman who has a wisp of magical trol they use to emphasize slight of hand and manual illusionary tricks, but don't personally have Mana. A Magus is a person who does true and priiquely, Kitsunes who rely exclusively on Borrowing are also called Mages, sihe power is not ing from themselves, but from their past lives"

  With that st bit, Kiko shook her head and held up her hand."hat's going too plicated for me. Fug...Magic is ohing, but being able to do magic without actually being able to do magic because you used to be able to do magi your past fug life...That is too much brain time. Kiko need hit thing" she excimed, scratg her head, to a soft giggle from Eternia."Indeed. I am sorry to assume you a schorly type simply because of yic. Most people seek us out, so are. But, your situation and circumstance is unique so I will try to...adapt my thinkiernia would stand and theure for Kiko to stand with her.