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If Rosemary could turn beet red she would have. She went silent. She was tormenting Jacob for making her crave his blood a little, that was all.

Jacob however did go a bit red in the face, and slightly cleared his throat. He sent an apologetic thought to Rosemary, not intending for things to go that far. The elder however, just laughed a bit, then turned his attention to Sephiroth.

"Hmmm... Well, they'll last for at least a few weeks. There are even seeds in the pepper sacs if you want to plant your own, they're usually rather versatile to whatever soil you plant them in. Feel free to take some back with you."

The imp still, gave Sephiroth a slight knowing grin, seeming to understand why he asked.

"Oh, I see."

Johnathon thanked Sephiroth for the bible again, taking a brief moment to skim through it's pages. He then paused as he glanced over at Milaku, then at Sephiroth.

"I am not entirely sure if it is a sensitive subject to bring up, but I sense energies of the Niearcim in two of you. Yet at the same time, I do not sense any ill will, something that is typically not missing in such an energy, so I further trust that you are not any sort of threat. You especially, Sephiroth, seem to be more... infused, now that the Fal'Jenul has seperated from your body.

Were you two conversions of sorts?"

Milaku paused in her slight nibble of a leaf, and wrung her hands. Johnathon noticed this action.

"I did not mean to cause discomfort, it can be dropped for n..."

(Milaku): "No, it's alright. It's still something I'm personally learning to deal with for myself. I was... a sort of experiment for the Niearcim, I guess you could say. And they were training me to be one of their higher mages. Fortunately, it never felt right, and I had someone to guide me for a while and lead me to these people before he passed away. But I guess the energy from using their curses and spells, and being among them for so long, practically since I was born, does not so easily vanish..."

"Strange then. I sense that the energy was once potent within you, but has since greatly waned. May I ask as to what it is then?"

"J... Jiluzix? A part of Jiluzix? How in existance did that ever happen?"

Fortunately, what he said was in a hushed whisper, so nobody else really would hear it and panic. Managing to compose himself, and reassured that the remnant was not an active part of Jiluzix, he continued on.

"That is... highly unusual. I've heard rumors though, that Jiluzix had lost parts of himself long ago escaping from Hell. Do you know which part you may have in you?"

Jacob gave a slight grin when it was answered that it was literally the part of Jiluzix that gave the massive demon it's immortality. Johnathon chortled.

"Very interesting, and very satisfying to know that monstrosity will not be around forever.... ...I apologize, I think I see what you mean when you had talked about vengeance being a horrible temptation."

Johnathon shook his head.

"No, I do not believe there is any cause for concern. I believe your story would be of high interest, however, I will not blame you if you do not wish to share it.

On another note though, we do have personal rooms you can all have for rest. I was not just making jest about it earlier. They might be a little small, but... some privacy and comfort is better than none. Here, I can show you to these rooms..."

The rooms were fairly barren, carved out of the carven slightly, and built up with bits of wood and such. Surprisingly, they were well insulated with what materials they had to work with, and did give a good amount of shelter and privacy. They even had some basic furniture... very basic, like a pile of soft materials loosely stitched into animal skins and cloth for mattresses.

Sephiroth bent the most as he was the tallest into the doorway and was almost too wide to even fit in it normally. He then got the lovely pleasure of having to stoop that much more than Jacob so he almost immediately sat down. At least he could stretch out fully in his laying position. He frowned as mother showed off that she could change her size even more so and became perfect for the tiny room.

Could he change his size? Maybe. Did he care to find out? No for it might give off more of a Jiluzix energy vibe over her's if he did. He folded his wings over him into like a blanket. They were a bit grayer than normal being where they are. He asked Johnathon if he would like to stay for a little while.

"It's not that I would mind you sharing that last thing I told you, but I am concerned the wrong person would hear it even though we didn't go into many details. I'd have to think about that a little. However do share what you read from that book. I don't give off that Niearcim energy feeling too much do I? I doubt I smell too much like it for that creature has a rancid smell. The last time we were here the creature was well and alive and no one noticed. Of course I didn't know that was what it was at the time otherwise I might not have volunteered back then."