Violet Dream; Dawnblood

Being that the absorption and metabolization of solar radiation was a natural occurrence, built into every singular cell in his body, El had no idea how it worked. It seemed that his world had been more thoroughly different from the world of Tzita than he thought. This special gift, ability, that Teus spoke of previous was something that every being from El's dimension possessed since it was purely biological. Hopefully... that wouldn't mean anything in the future.

"W-what?" El asked, noticing the breeze that had become more prominent the farther he floated above the trees of the forest until he was parallel to the top of the tree that protruded out of the wooden shack they all stood in front of. Tzita's outburst shocked him, and Teus' explanation caused him to open his eyes.

Slowly that crept open and he looked at his arms, spread out slightly from his waist, then the ground down below his feet. Several meters down below his feet! "I am floating... I am floating!" He repeated in astonishment. Without consciously deciding to, he spun around again, "Am I flying?" A valid question, easily answered, when he zoomed towards Tzita with only a small thought about it. This was no simple levitation or hovering, it was full on flight.

El whizzed past the spot where Tzita was, briefly grazing the ground before he pulled up and away with the precision of a fighter jet and curved through the air with the elegance falcon or eagle. Even without Tzita asking, El was having a large amount of fun and the childlike glee was visible on his face and in the way that he pushed the limits of how tight he could make turns and how close he could get to the ground without crashing. Now that he could do it, flying was almost second nature to him, like his body knew how to control it and all he needed to do was trust it would do its job. Being a natural was an understatement.

As much as he wanted to continue with using and abusing this new gift, El knew that he and Tzita needed to get back on track, and so he stopped abruptly and descended until his feet touched down on the ground and he was terrestrial again. "Affiliated with light... something solar..." El repeated quietly to himself, submitting the factoids to memory for later. He wasn't sure when he would have the time, but he wanted to experiment with the knowledge and see what exactly it all meant. He didn't think that he had any special powers in this world, besides the ones that Taurus blessed him with, but he was glad. It meant that if he and Tzita ran into trouble again, he'd be even more useful than he had been.

All El could do was smile, hoping that was acknowledgement of her question and a sufficient enough answer. Before he could give her a verbal reply, her brother brought and interesting thing to note and El stored it in the back of his head. "I'll remember that." Though if El looked back on the amount of time that he and Tzita had spent in this dark forest, before they met up with her brother, El had still retained his level of increased strength, independent of any buff from Taurus, as well as he increased speed. While it was important to note, it seemed he retained power regardless, independent of if there was a light source available or not.

El moved to take the vial from Teus, taking it in his own hands and storing it away within the clothing for whenever he and Tzita may need it. As it stood, neither of them had suffered any injuries at all since they began so it was unlikely they would need this any time soon. He would remain cautious, however, since it was smart thing to do. "Unfortunately, you never told us in which direction the Virgo spirit resided." El hadn't forgotten. They had been so wrapped in the exploration of new powers and introductions that El and Tzita never got the directions they required in order to move. If they just went on their way, they'd end up getting lost again, which was something El would rather avoid if it was all the same to everyone else.

Teus pondered Elliott's concerns, having completely forgotten that neither of them would know the route to the Earth Sanctuary as is. Even Tzita, who was part of the family, wouldn't know about the lands that were not originally part of their former homeworld, as, this land was actually rather foreign to she, as well. It would be foreign to the entire family, save for Teus, himself, and all his forms, as well as his children. They were the only ones who should have actually fully understood the navigation, and even they had not explored every crevice of the Veritas, despite being the ones who watched over it. "No, no, he has a point," Teus spoke out again, knowing that the Earth Sanctuary was still a ways away, to a relative degree, outside of the Great Forest. "Here, I will explain." Raising his hands, Teus called upon the light of the illuminated trees and drew all of it to himself, causing the forest to grow dim and dark again. The light particles, all violet, would congregate before them like a map of the area, the entire 'Terra Gris,' the section of the Dawn that they were currently located in, starting with the Great Forest and extending out into the Great Hollow, revealing a path for them to take as soon as they exited the forest.

"The part of the Dawn you're currently in, the Land of the Silver Earth, known as 'Terra Gris,' is layered, with the Great Forest, where you are currently in, extending up to the mountains in the higher plane and down into the valley, in the lower plane, sloping down and into the Great Hollow, the largest valley, which is a canyon that extends a great distance. Once you exit the Great Forest, the area should be clear, but the Earth Sanctuary rests within the very end of the Great Hollow, deep into the actual physical architecture of the canyon, itself." He would pause to point out to them on their holographic map the full range of the plains, which was much more expansive than one would initially imagine. "On foot, it could take several days, even for the speedy. However, with your new power of flight, that should not be so, fortunately." It was good that they stopped here and that Teus was able to unlock Elliott's hidden power, for that would help shorten the time and distance, but would probably end up being a drain on him, which worried Teus... But, not too much, since they now had the Dawn Blood at their disposal. "You can easily follow the walls of the canyon or the river. If you need to rest, there should be a few villages and settlements in the valley, something like the ones that are located in the mountains and up on the leveled surface where the Great Forest begins."Rotating and pointing out the map as necessary, Teus directed their attention to the high canyon walls and the rivers that flowed throughout, all leading directly into the Earth Sanctuary at the very, very end of the Great Hollow. "When the canyon walls begin to converge, and you can no longer see any path forward, you will be at your destination, at a gate that will look to enter into the very walls that have come together. That is the entrance to the Earth Sanctuary." Teus pointed it out, just in case, so that they would know what it looked like.

"If you like, I can also embed this map into your minds via my absolute control over the Light, itself. With it, I can have your eyes register and your minds memorize this entire map to keep you from forgetting. It would be like having a photographic memory of the entire Terra Gris at your disposal at all times in the back of your heads." As long as nothing disrupted their minds or their eyes, or any photo receptors, they would be able to recall the map completely perfectly. "How's that? Feel like you're ready to embark, then?"

While Tzita's idea was good, El definitely preferred something more concrete. For what it was worth, the Ankh had never steered them wrong, but it hadn't be exactly the most accurate either. In El's mind, they had spent more than enough time wandering around this one forest, which the Ankh led them into, and so clearer travel directions could get them to their intended goal much faster.

So as her brother proceeded to go above and beyond with his more than detailed enough representation of the region and how to find themselves at the Earth Sanctuary, El placed a hand to the top of Tzita's head and gave it a acknowledging rub and casually soft smile. This was her dream, after all, that they were trying to accomplish and though he didn't really know her past, nor the circumstances wherein, he could recognized that she was trying really hard to be a useful contribution to their quest. Little did she know she's was doing much more than El thought he was, just being the "hired" muscle and all.

El rose his other hand when Teus was finished with his explanation and shook his head. "That won't be necessary, I've studied maps before and I got down the general information we need." Besides that, he didn't want anyone rooting around in his head, no matter the content of their character. He trusted Teus, but he didn't like the idea of this information being super imposed into his brain. It didn't seem, or sound, natural at all. Moreover, once he and Tzita were done questing, he'd loved the idea of being able to explore this world with already know what he would potentially run into.

They were headed into the very deep bottom and end of the Great Hollow, that was really all that he needed to know and with his added power of flight, he could get them there with time to spare. He turned to look at Tzita now, hand still to the top of her head and other hand offered out to her own, "Shall we, Lady L'sia?"

El huffed a small laugh, not expecting has hand to be repealed but being completely fine with it. Tzita hadn't seemed like the type to like having her head rub anyway, not during a casual conversation anyway. The circumstances in which she would enjoy such a gesture were innumerable and too enigmatic for El to postulate on.

He licked his lips at Tzita's seductive wiles, feeling an overwhelming urge that he'd completely forgotten about. While the bull had given El many gifts, in the form of unimaginable powers, there were other things he had been burdened to bear. Being that in some culture, the bull as an animal that symbolized virility, Tzita was literally messing with the bull and almost begging to get the horns. Her layered manner of speech wasn't doing her any favors either, and the best El could do was remain silent less he say something ungetlemanly to her in front of kin.