As sleep must, it eventually retreated from her mind and she was ba prison-hospital. Though, this time, Asha was sat o her on a chair. It was weird, given the rea of the man. And her memories, of being so terribly distraught about all of this...but it felt artificial, infted somehow, like it wasn't what she was really feeling.
“Good m Kiko. You are probably very distraught over what has happened with those men, it was quite the mess. But you did tell Alex about the Blood Moon. So I looked into it and I finally found record of what, exactly, it is yoing through” Asha started. Such definitive words made Kiko sit up, as much as she could in a hospital bed you were handcuffed to, and pay emphatic attention. The incredibly intearing would probably be off-putting for others, but Asha had seen enough in her life to be steeled against that sort of thing. Most sorts of things, if she was ho. "If you are down for a history lesson, of course" she finished.
"I'm down for listening to you about anything" Kiko replied, only realizing the creepy stalker vibe after she said it. Didn't seem to bother Asha though.
“It stems back to the Great War. That fight was not our own, it seems. A legends suggest that the sky was filled with chariots of fire as the denizens of the stars desded upon our po aid us. It’s mostly gibberish, but ‘denizens of the stars’ does seem to imply that there were people from other ps here at the time of the Great War.
Extra-terrestrial life has always been an iing discussion, and while I wouldn’t say some a writing that seems to be using themati lieu of actual words is to be trusted entirely, it’s food for thought. In this, there is a mention of a woman who ruled over the Life of all who stood on the field. Cross-referehat with a ter treatise on The Great War - with some professional transtors, I might add. I really appreciate the effort a man puts into something like this, because it is no-"
Asha would look at Kiko, and then grin sheepishly. "Sorry. This woman who ‘ruled over the Life of all who stood on the field’ was recorded as the Queen of Blood. put down, unfortunately. But, she had a small cadre of Kitsunes known as Blood Moon Kitsuhey were entrusted with powerful runihas that fed off blood and gave them physical abilities far beyond their kin. Today, there are very few hereditary iors of the Blood Moon Kitsunes, and these are often suppressed through medical cos. As such, there has ruly been a showcase of recisely, happens to a Blood Moon. So there were no records to sult that were on hand, and we have little text about it.
Unfortunately, your body is too developed for those cos as you were nht into the Kitsune fold until a week ago, when Kitsunes who do i this are treated when they are around five or six, the traditional time that a Kitsuers into a Skulk and gains their first tail.
From what Eternia and his people say, Your runitments empowered your thoughts of the moment. Which is why you were also shocked out of the bloodlust, because you khere was no more threats around. Unfortunately, we have never seen a fully active Blood Moon and currently we don’t have anything specific for a cure. There are some ideas we have, but the one ersuing right now, is tag this Queen Of Blood.
The trouble lies in the fact that Trans-pary theorems are ly prolific. We are repurposing the All-Range unications Instaltion to broadcast into the stars in hopes of pig someone up, but we don’t have any idea who this Queen of Blood is or where she is or even who – if anyone – will pick up the transmission. We could be inviting horrific creatures to our world. We could be the st bastion iire universe after everything was destroyed by these Beasts from Beyond, and we are just talking to empty space.
We could get into tact with this Queen of Blood and she s to help us. She is a Queen, after all. There are a lot of variables we have to sider. That, is not to say we aren’t going to do it. Just that you are aware of what might happen iure. As for now, we ’t do anything objective about it"
Asha's long monologue finished, and Kiko - who had been hanging onto her every word - dipped her head some.
"He ran away from me. The moment I told him about being a Blood Moon, he practically bolted through the wall to get away from me" Kiko spoke, in a soft, sombre tone.
"Alex is a lovely doctor, but has not seen much of the world. He's seen wounds aplenty, and has stuffed a man's guts bato him in the operating theatre, but has not seen A. So when you told him about being a Blood Moo his wildest thoughts run away with him and overthought himself to a frenzy. If he saw how some of the Lupia in the field, he'd hide in his office as never leave. Which, is relevant. The Lupian Riastrad is not the same culturally or physically, but it is a good pce to start. I schedule a meeting with Captain Raz for some selling on how to keep your head when the Blood Moon does pick up" Asha offered. Kiko, for her part, simply nodded. If Asha was suggesting it, it was important.
And then she uncuffed Kiko from the bed and took a step back to give her space.
"Am I not...dangerous?" Kiko asked, with a raised eyebrow.
"Are you?" Asha replied, a soft, gentle smile that buoyed Kiko's spirits and made her think. She could do this. Asha trusted her, so how could Kiko not trust herself?
"I guess not"
