Nihlus and Sindi

Nix placed his Nether Rat puppet on the egg that Nihlus was in and told Tai the entire Del story. "I'll step back and let you handle everything." He was also interested in seeing more of Tai's ability.

Tai nodded, she lifted one hand, a single glowing tendril moved from her hand to the egg. As soon as it made contact, a blurred image of Nihlus appeared over the egg.

Nix didn't bother to hide his amazement. In a week, Tai managed to leave Del's progress in the dust.

"He can only hear me for now. The image you see is mostly caused by my longing for my son."

The glowing tendril reminded Nix of a hair ribbon. It forked next to the egg and wrapped around the Nether rat. Slowly over the next minute, the tendrils grew brighter and thicker.

"Holy crap." Nix stared in wonder as the Nether Rat stood up.

"Mother?"

Nix could hear the word plainly, it wasn't like the weak mumble that Del made, this was like an inhabited puppet.