After lisandre was finished looking over the list of items that Evelyn had obtained from Mason, she looked over at her with an impressed expression, and said, "Whoever left this certainly was thorough. I doubt they ever expected a beast like you to find it, but so of these items are quite valuable. Nothing terribly rare though, and definitely more focused towards humans with all of the techniques and their silly spells that he left behind."
lisandre then handed the list back to Evelyn and looked at her sharply, which caught her off guard.
"Now it seems that you were able to read this without a problem, otherwise you would not have given that list to . How exactly did you learn to read? That should be beyond almost any fiend beast other than the rare few that attain greater intelligence when reaching the peak of the rank, rather than when they evolve into awakened beasts"
Feeling a cold chill co over her, Evelyn now understood that by handing lisandre that list, she unintentionally confird her ability to read.
And from what she knew, most beasts did not gain an intellect high enough to really be able to read until they reached the awakened rank.
'Damn, I should have known not to hand over that list. But I needed to do sothing to prevent her from searching through the amulets. Aghhh, what am I supposed to do!?'
As Evelyn's mind panicked, she held a completely neutral expression, and just stared at lisandre for nearly thirty seconds.
Then it hit her, and she said with a pained look on her face, "When the humans were keeping captive, they perford all manner of experints on . I think that I got smarter from whatever they did."
Evelyn's face then twisted into one of sorrow and rage. Which was quite easy to do as she rembered what had been done to her.
This took lisandre aback, and she said, "I see, that does explain things at least a little. For now, I will not push for details as I can tell it was a difficult experience for you. But if one day you wish to tell , I will be happy to listen."
Hearing this Evelyn internally celebrated that she had managed to circumvent having to explain more, especially when she thought that lisandre was going to force her to spill everything that had been done to her at the hands of the humans that had captured her.
'Is lisandre maybe actually kind of a saint.' Evelyn thought seeing the compassionate expression she had on right now.
Of course, what Evelyn considered to be saintlike, was really more just lisandre being a bit considerate. She was just so used to scum that, even that seed to be beyond kind.
"Okay I at least understand a part of your unusualness now. So, I guess it is likely that human's experint is what caused you to be able to absorb more magical energy as well?" lisandre said with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, I believe it is. They implanted sothing into to make stronger, and I believe that it can absorb magical energy into itself. Honestly, I did not feel any sort of distress while absorbing all of that magical energy." Evelyn said, hoping to gloss over this issue.
At this point she had gathered that what she had done was far from the norm, and that she likely would have died if not for her unique nature.
"So, they implanted sothing in you. That is not good. We need to remove it imdiatly. It could very well be used to kill or control you."
Panic began to set in as lisandre said this.
Evelyn knew for a fact that the Aethersphere was certainly not under control of the humans that were experinting with, it and that it was unlikely to actually cause her anymore harm now that it had rearranged her body.
Also, she was pretty sure that trying to remove the thing at this point would kill her, and that was the last thing she wanted,
"It cannot be removed. I saw what happens when it was removed from another beast, and they died almost instantly." Evelyn said, trying to keep lisandre from opening her up.
"And the people that had originally been experinting on are dead. I do not know the exact details, but I believe so rival faction attacked and killed them all, which facilitated my escape."
lisandre rubbed her temple with her right index finger as she thought about what Evelyn had said and could see the desperate look in her eyes as she tired to push beyond this subject.
There was a mix of fear and pain in her expression as lisandre was certainly forcing her to relive a very traumatic ti in her life.
"Very well, I will not pry further then, if you are unwilling to continue speaking about it. Anyway, I can tell that you have been telling the truth for the most part." lisandre said with a knowing smile.
It was clear that she was telling Evelyn that she knew she was holding so things back, but that she was going to give her so slack and trust her.
"You are too extortionary for to alienate you now, and there is no doubt that in the future you have the potential to be a great mber of the Roost. Maybe you will even be able to succeed ." lisandre said with a soft smile.
Yet this gentle expression did not last long, as her lips curved up, and the warmth in her eyes vanished.
"Now I believe it is ti that I tell you what a fool you were by using the advancent chamber unsupervised, and make sure you understand not to use the magical tools I have given you until I have taught you how."
Evelyn then received the lecture of her life, as lisandre went off on a very long tangent about how she was reckless and could have killed herself, and that next ti she did sothing like that she would not get off so easily.
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