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Bez sighs. "I'm not sure really. I think he wrapped yer heart in his... or a portion of his. I don't think he gave it all up, but he's got a lot of healing to do. A whole lot now... and don't even think about giving it back. It's already grating itself to you. Besides, it was a precious gifting he bestowed upon ye, to refuse it now would be terrible thing."

Bez shrugs. "I'm sure he knows... and he's not binding you. He's already bound to me. It was a rare and free gifting. He loves you a great deal you know... mayhaps even more than he loves me, but in an entirely different way. I... was jealous... once... but no more. How can I be. The things you do are so selfless... though you always seem to be determined to set some sort of material reason to it... as if ye need to prove to everyone how self-serving ye are, when in truth it is the reverse. Ye've never fooled him, ye know... not one tiny bit... and well... I believe in him and what he stands for... If he says you are worthy of my love and acceptance, well then ye'll have it.." The panther stares at him as if to dare him to refuse his explanation.

Bez chuckles. "Pouncing lessons 101... bare fundamentals... but she loves it... see you late, mage... go rest, ye look beat."

The panther turns tail and darts outside of the cave, to where Mara and Pasa are sitting under a tree.

Pasa smiles at him "I'm the big bad monster and she needs to catch me... How is Keva doing, mes'sirrah.... and why did you send me away, he's going to be alright, right?"

The boy shudders openly. "I kind of like what I am... dust doesn't sound too interesting. Kind of messy really... so he's like Grammarei now, huh?" he asks dropping on all fours and growling for Mara.

"He'd still need someone to help him do it... right... a mage or something like that?" says Bez thoughtfully. He leans down and whispers something in Mara's ear making her ears perk right up.

The tiny cub crouches down and begins to creep around to Pasa's side. He watches her movements with a grin, but pretends not to see her.

"I don't think he'd like going home..." says Pasa sadly. "He told me once that back there he only had one real friend... he said that he really liked it here cause he was with people he could talk to... who understood him."

Pasa sighs. "But won't that just happen at his home, too. Why does he need to mate anyway? And... and couldn't we all just give him a little bit of energy at a time..."

Kero can see the boy is getting desperate. He knows a little about kitsunes, but not enough. Still he has made some valid points. Keva is not Ame or Lyssan. He cannot draw on the ambient field of the realm and Ame cannot feed him.

Bez starts to say something when Pasa hears a gleeful "Goccha..." ring out and he feels tiny teeth sink into his shin.

"Ouch!" he cries flying to his feet. "Mara... why'd ye bite me?"

"Cuz..." she says calmly scooting away.

"Cuz why?" he demands going nose to nose with her.

"Cuz you the big bad one..." she giggles and scurries away to the safety of her daddy.

It's nothing really. Her teeth are more like tiny needles right now and Bez is not taking this lying down. He has s paw down on her giving her a scolding of her life. After a short but very fervent scolding, he turns her loose and she comes walking back to Passura.

"Sowry..." she whispers meekly. "Wan me to wick it? Momma awways wicks us."