Nym's phone sounded like an anoyingly loud alarm. Quickly she tried to restore her senses to normal and answered the phone "Hallo? Oh ja, wie geht es Mama? Mir geht es gut, ich habe eine neue Person kennengelernt. Vielleicht … ich muss gehen, tschüss," she subconsciously walked in the direction she heard John (not knowing it was John) and bumped right into him as she ended the call. "Oh, dear. I'm so sorry, sir," she bite her lip and looked up to see John.
John turns around and smiles seeing that it was Nym "Oh …its fine Nym , I didn't think I would be running into you so soon. Or you running into me that is John chuckles and takes a small sip of his drink then asks Nym "Did you sleep well? I'm sorry I wasn't there in the morning …. I wish I could have stayed longer."
She dropped her eyes down feeling embarrassed,"I slept fine, you don't have to apologise. I got your note. How'd you sleep?"
John resists the urge to tilt her chin up so she was looking at him and replies with "I slept good….I hope I didnt sleep talk at all. I tend to do that most often. So how are you planning to spend your day Nym?" John leans slightly forward so he can be closer to her and whispers "I felt that little power surge you did and I find it quite impressive"
"Nope, just mumbles. Right after you went to sleep I went to my room. I planned on testing my senses, I got interrupted by my sister," she blushed as he got closer, "I, um, yea, that happens when I have to quickly shut my powers down," she gave herself a confused look, "I mean when I have to go back to normal." As she spoke her breath hitched sightly.
Adeline's heart dropped to the floor when… Jackie was it? Came over to talk with her. She smiled shakily and tried her best to hold up a conversation without panicking.
John found her reaction quite cute and smiled broadly "Would you like to walk with me today?" John gestures to the sky "Its a lovely day outside … and its quite lonely walking all by my lonesome" John makes a mock sad face and hope Nym falls for it
When Adeline knew that Jackie wasn't buying it, she knew she had to tell her. Sighing, with shaky hands she pulled out her car keys from her pocket. "Jackie, I gotta tell you something."
Nym looked up to John with a childlike expression "I wouldn't mind company, you actually understand my situation. It's different," she smiled, but it quickly faded "a good different." she scrambled to speak "I'm sorry, I'm still tired."
John holds out his hand for Nym to take and nods "I would never judge you for your powers or other wise. That is a dangerous game to play. And its okay …Maybe a walk with me will wake you up" John laughs softly then trails off unsure of what to say next or why his thinking was so erratic
Nym smiled as she hesitantly took his hand, afraid of any negative emotion he might be harboring; but as she took his hand she burst into laughter "Wow! Alrighty then," she looked him in the eye dead on "you must really be changing me."
John smiles then laughs along with her as he twines his fingers with hers as they walk then finds he has trouble responding with anything when she looks him dead in the eyes. So instead he takes a moment to study her eyes and her facial features "Hmm….Your eyes are such a pretty color.."
She smiled and blushed "Oh, really?" looked down briefly "I don't know what color they are. They always change. Usually because of my mood."
Jackie turns to Adeline. "Yes, what is it? Is something wrong?"
John smiles and nods "I know and that is what makes your eyes so pretty Nym. Also….do you want to walk around the park ? Or walk somewhere randomly? John rubs the back of his neck feeling nervous for no reason then shake his head and chides himself for acting like a teen
Nym giggles at his gesture "Um, let's walk around aimlessly. I'm pretty good at direction so I'm sure I can find my way back."
John nods and as he and Nym walk he starts to hum an old home tune he learned then John turns to look at Nym and asks "So how powerful can a castor get? And if you dont feel like telling …You can ask me any question you want."
Nym listens to John hum a sweet tune, as he turns Nym stares straight "We can as powerful as we want. You'd never believe my grandma is my grandma because she looks so young due to the amount of training she had with her power. We sometimes can kill others with our power, or even ourselves if we aren't careful. But I do have a question for you."
John nods as he listens then murmurs softly "Yes? What kind of question do you have?
Nym spoke softly "How old do I look?"
John frowns and looks at Nym for a second "Hmm….You look …like your at least 20…Am I wrong? " john hesitates unsure if his answer will anger Nym
Nym smiled wide and chuckled "I'm 27 to be exact. A seven year difference is good in the caster world." Nym closed her eyes and slowly released her senses to touch. She felt John's warmth, she was avidly aware of how his body moved as they walked. She had also noticed that she walked differently than normally, usually she was clumsy or unsure, at that moment she walked with confidence "Any other questions you have for me?"
John smiles and is slightly surprised at her age then laughs softly to himself "No, You are just a different type of castor then I have ever seen. I only remember meeting the original castors centuries ago. They were erractic and quite scary … Over time and eventually meeting you and learning with you has greatly changed my opinion of them." As john talks he absentmindedly rubs his thumb over Nyms thumb as they walk
Nym blushed "Oh, is that so? When was the last time you encountered a caster, if I may ask?"
John ponders for a long moment then grins "I was in Italy it was …Hmmm…..I forgot what year but it was at least four hundred years ago. The castor I met was a shy little orphan…And one day she snapped and leveled a few buildings. Still to this day I have no idea how she managed to do so, but several hour after a group came in to pick her up. They called themselves castors and that was the last I seen of them". john stops pulling Nym to a stop with him "Think we should walk back now? We walked pretty far"