Kiss.

"I do apologize for - stumbling into that wound."

She squeezes Luc'. "It's okay."

"You couldn't have known. It's mostly scabbed over, anyway."

"With luck it will heal all the way, then, sometime."

"Hope so."

"I've heard kisses help with hurts," she says, then kisses her girlfriend, "So I can help."

Kiss. "You do help."

"And you help me." Kiss. "Best Luc'."

Her girlfriend is very good.

Heh.

She snuggles Luc', smiling over at their alts.

" - I don't think I have a lot more questions right now, but there's one thing I wanna check - does your world have like mind control things? I've got a defense up that I wanna test against foreign magic as best I can..."

"We can do mental influence, yes. It works best on the weak-willed, which has described none of us so far, discounting whatever extra defense you have."

"Yeah probably that's not a useful test... The thing I have up is - basically continually mind controlling me to specifically not act against Luc' or stop liking her, and it works against normal persuasiveness and supernatural stuff from our world. It's also something I'd wanna find any holes in..."

Ani shifts a bit.

"That should rather thoroughly protect you against the mind trick. Though - there's a technique I can use that's extremely rare in my world, that I can override people's wills with, and I suspect it'll actually work better against my own alts... But that application of it's - mentally uncomfortable to use."

" - Can anyone else in your world do that?"

Pause. "As far as I know... The only others are dead."

"It is a wild talent, so I expect more users will eventually crop up."

"It's - worth testing then. If you're willing to try." She shivers a bit.

Hug.

Cuddle.

"I understand entirely. But - perhaps not tonight."

Small smile. "I can handle tonight. And getting a chance to sleep'll help space tests out for different worlds..."

"...Alright."

She glances at Luc'. "Are you okay with me - doing this?"

"I'd rather know," she says. "And you seem... stable."

She nods and turns her focus to Wyld.

She's been easing back into her battle meditation, recently, after Glint helped her regain the skill.

Controlling someone - dominating them - and not just making the borders between their minds fuzzy... That's a part of it she's never consciously used. An exceptionally dark application, and... Ani hasn't reached for the dark side in years.

But Palpatine could dominate minds, and it's rather easy to imagine how she'd feel, if she was confronted with the possibility of being used against Occlus. How horrid it'd be - she knows first hand, even, from being turned against Elesse...

But she does have to, actually, genuinely want to erase her opponent. And while being the same person as Wyld seems easy, controlling her is another matter...

Still. She focuses. She breathes. She reaches out into the Force, becoming more than just her - settling into Wyld's head is as easy as settling into her own. Hard to tell the borders, there. Wyld's closer to her than the other crows, her mind a mirror of Ani's own.

She examines Wyld's thoughts for a little bit first, experiencing her nervousness, her curiosity, her determination. Essence is strange, so much like and unlike the Force...

And then Ani steels herself and reaches into the howling darkness.

Be still.

The part of Ani currently in Wyld's body freezes.

Stand.

Ani stands up Wyld's body. Wyld's concerned. Not terrified. Ani smooths over her thoughts; Ani is her, of course, and why should she be concerned about what she's doing?

Hold my breath.

Wyld sinks a bit. Ani settles into her skin more thoroughly. Stops her breathing for a few moments.

Breathe.

Ani uses Wyld's lungs to take a few breaths.

Hit Luc'.

Ani tenses Wyld's muscles - 

And rocks back, suddenly shoved back into her own head, pain lancing through her skull.