First Time

Mae watched Ryu vanish and exhaled a sigh. After a moment of hesitation, rather than stepping forward she sat down and crossed her legs in meditation. 

Slowly, but surely, tendrils of her Soul Flame began to etch a complicated formation into the surroundings. As time ticked by, the formation grew more complex and layered, but Mae's face also simultaneously became paler and paler. 

Even she couldn't quite understand why she had made this decision. She hadn't known Ryu for long, but maybe this was just the way the women of her race were. She had been subdued once, then Ryu even triggered a response she only had for those who were her closest relatives. She didn't even really think about the consequences of what she was doing until she was already half way through, and by then there was already no point in stopping. 

She smiled lightly.