Rita gives him a stare, then her gaze drifts to the page. Would that really work? Can the fae even empathize with mortals?
Screw it. She's doing it.
"With her amplified power, the Guardian of Knowledge was able to inspire not only factual knowledge, but also the knowledge of emotions, felt by the receiver as vividly as they were by the one imprinting the information." This time, she feels not just a surge of power, but a surge of pain, as well. She bears it, grimacing slightly. Seems like invoking the bloodstone over and over is starting to catch up with her. As her adrenaline wears off, she might not last much longer before needing rest.
So with no time to waste, Rita steps forward, places a hand on the page, and records some of her own experiences. There's the attack on the Sanctuary in Portland, when she helped a panicking kid escape through a window, then found herself grabbed, dragged, and trapped in a room full of vines, surrounding herself with fire and pushing through the panic and terror as she struggled to find another exit.
Also added is the memory of her meeting another changeling who'd escaped from Ignatius, a man with burns all over his arms. Someone who showed her kindness once, then was taken away by the Rose Queen and brainwashed into fighting his fellow changelings... fighting Rita, though it was the last thing either of them wanted to do.
With just her touch and those thoughts, words appear on the page, written in incomprehensible runes. "Should be enough room for yours," she tells Lambert before stepping back and letting him do his thing.
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Screw it. She's doing it.
"With her amplified power, the Guardian of Knowledge was able to inspire not only factual knowledge, but also the knowledge of emotions, felt by the receiver as vividly as they were by the one imprinting the information." This time, she feels not just a surge of power, but a surge of pain, as well. She bears it, grimacing slightly. Seems like invoking the bloodstone over and over is starting to catch up with her. As her adrenaline wears off, she might not last much longer before needing rest.
So with no time to waste, Rita steps forward, places a hand on the page, and records some of her own experiences. There's the attack on the Sanctuary in Portland, when she helped a panicking kid escape through a window, then found herself grabbed, dragged, and trapped in a room full of vines, surrounding herself with fire and pushing through the panic and terror as she struggled to find another exit.
Also added is the memory of her meeting another changeling who'd escaped from Ignatius, a man with burns all over his arms. Someone who showed her kindness once, then was taken away by the Rose Queen and brainwashed into fighting his fellow changelings... fighting Rita, though it was the last thing either of them wanted to do.
With just her touch and those thoughts, words appear on the page, written in incomprehensible runes. "Should be enough room for yours," she tells Lambert before stepping back and letting him do his thing.