"Thanks. I wish you the same, though I don't have anything as convenient as a blessing to give."

"Thank you. I am, for the most part, content. Though if you transport pieces of me to other worlds so that I could immortalize the inhabitants, I wouldn't say no."

"Oh, that sounds like an excellent idea - to start with, we might want to sort for places with enough stability they wouldn't be disrupted, but I suspect there's plenty of those." Especially any where they have alts who prefer their worlds remain subject to a minimum of mayhem.

"How does that work, pieces of you?"

"Literal pieces. Consecrated earth. A god can spread into new places from such."

"I'm not sure we've been anywhere that is exactly stable."

"The Avatar's world might become that way soon - at least, that Azula and Mara seemed determined to make it so. Though their reincarnation cycle might interact weirdly with immortality."

"Perhaps it would just put it on hold. But it occurs to me to wonder if Eliko was one of us."

"The name seems right, at least, and something about her attitude was familiar."

"Another reason to go back, then."

"Exactly. Though for now I'd like to test the chakra exhaustion."

Tisvetaia is thanked by all parties, and off they go.

Hisame gains quite a bit of distance from any settlements or agricultural attempts, and then chakra starts pouring off her in waves, heavy enough to distort the air and cause plants to crumple or turn to ash in her vicinity, to cause the air to heat and a smell of ozone to form -

Enough to light something like a spark in the land, as the chakra settles into the nearest possible recipient.

Well now. Isn't that interesting.

Hisame doesn't seem to notice this happening, and continues trying to give herself chakra exhaustion.

The chakra she's venting changes, adapting to Ellayania, sinking especially into the water. The waterways seem to form natural pathways for the chakra, and it starts to circulate and experience a gentle pulse, even far downstream of Hisame's contributions.

She will have to monitor this carefully. The book she was given contained a basic description of chakra manipulation, but she suspects she will need to alter the practices somewhat in her case.

And then Hisame successfully gives herself chakra exhaustion!

She stumbles, collapsing against a tree, gasping for air - and the healing kicks in to stop any internal organs from shutting down.

The Keres hurries over to aid the healing.

She does not like to see her girlfriend hurt like this.

"Thank you, darling - and it seems that healing does in fact guard against overuse... And I think assists in recovering chakra at those low points - I feel like I've bounced back a bit."

"Good."

Ellayania's body walks up.

"A very interesting demonstration. But not one entirely without side effects."

"Did something happen?"

"I appear to have absorbed the chakra you expended."

"Huh. Are you alright?"

"Thus far I am suffering no ill effects. Though I will ask you for more detailed information about the nature of chakra and how it is manipulated."