User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-30014014-20180218051709/@comment-30014014-20180228053701

The clown, very well aware he was uneeded in this currnt spectacle, save for his right palm, conveys his attention to Lucida holding the black hole of a butterfly of his "Understanding him? So you want to speak with him. No problem, hold still for a while..."

He raises two fingers, a slimmer of energy swirling around them. His motion is slow and deliberate, as to make sure Lucida sees them coming near her forehead. A gentle tap is issued on the surface of her head, a tiny rotating crystal-shaped mass of shifting glass the size of a marble bead appearing just slightly in front. From that, Lucida's sense of empathy is greatly increased toward animals, the non-monster kind.

"Understanding a complex creature such as the critter nested on your finger unfortunately does not come with a manual on how they behave. While the Evermore butterfly have a series of repeated patterns lined through their race, each is his/her own individual like you and I. What I have given you is the ability to feel empathy toward his, and other little critters you may come across. Observe his body language and it will be conversation as we currently are having".

Alex, on the other hand, continued to tattle the tale which brought her here with unprecendented joy, despite her face mired in neutrality "...well, Mr. Jaghund's first spouse, madam Samia had brought up a subject of conversation we never really thought about, one that was inevitable..."

She stops a bit, measuring her words as this was something relatively new, the one thing the fool had never brought to the table. She continued "...she wanted to know when we would have off-springs..."

The last word comes in a whisper, almost inaudible by the sheer embarrassement of bringing it up, even in the most neutral wording she could think of. She continues, bearing this slight unconvenience in mind "...hours after our depart from their domain, her question of intimacy prompted me to ask him what kept him from...embracing me in a manner. As usual, my spouse had given me a far-fetched answer. But, perhaps with years of closeness between us, I knew it was naught but glamour. I persisted..."