-This is not magick itself-he explained, we will just pour some of your energy into the pouch as it is the only thing needed to open it up-
-How do I do it? I have no idea how to produce that energy you mention-
Lynn got up from the chair and motioned to move from the table to the bed and for them to sit down on it. Rin followed but when she meant to sit down opposite to him, he moved her until she was sitting with her back to his chest, close enough to feel his presence but not quite enough to be plastered on him. The pouch itself was left on the bed, near them as they completed this first step before opening it. Rin was aware of how close they were to each other, but she was also a person with less qualms about personal space because living in Mars and shuttling around in military company meant being in close contact with lots of people, many of them sweaty men, big warriors. Lynn was not like that, he was tall and toned but not muscular in the sense she knew from her life before.
Also, she had to be honest and acknowledge that she felt attacted by this man on a physical level. She had seen his body, touched it up close and very personal the night before and she did so gladly. He was only holding her hand now but somehow, the gesture sparked the memory of the episode and also a little desire for a repeat. Still, she toned the feeling and concentrated on the task at hand, lest he think she was an airhead or a pervert.
-I will pass some of my own energy through your body first, you need to feel it and then try to replicate the same-he said, followed by- it has to come from your mind, a clear thought and intent-
What happened next, Rin could only describe it as if she had been plugged to a high voltage source as a low humm of warm electricity passed from his body to hers. It gave her delicious goosebumps all over making the little hair in her arms and neck stand up. She gulped and managed to hold back a moan through sheer willpower. That passing of energy from him to hers was a full body experience felt from the tips of her toes to her most intimate places as a woman, over her chest and back and all the way to the roots of her red hair. In her previous life, only a shared orgasm had ever felt as intimate and invading as this exchange but now they had not even removed a stitch of clothing from each other.
-I feel it-she murmured with as steady a voice as she could given the enormity of what she was feeling-
-Now, concentrate and think of this same energy, your soulgem will focus it and then circulate it through your body until you can direct it out through your hands-he continued-pass it to my hands first so I can asses if it is enough to open the pouch and dont worry if this takes long, I will wait for you-
Lynn thought it might take her long to get it done, as she was a complete novice to magickal energy. He was prepared to coax her little by little for however much time needed, days if that was what it took, however, the reality turned out to be completely different. He suddenly felt a barrage of delicious fire go through his body, begining from the hand he was using to hold Rin´s and instantly moving all over him. He blushed deeply, all the way to his ears and he also felt his body become aroused as this energy she poured felt like a scalding caress into him. Even his dark soulgem flashed golden for a moment and he realized that this flaming feeling was the way she understood magick, as a sensual kind of energy. Rin felt him become tensed and she breathed out to calm herself-
-Is this normal?-she whispered while deliberately burrowing herself deeper into his embrace-
-No-he gulped from behind her. His free left hand searched for hers and as he caught her, he embraced her fully and rested their linked palms right above her navel. He also felt the need to nuzzle her neck and breathe her in and the only way he found to avoid that was to keep talking- When my mother first taught me this as a child, she felt like a raylight, like dawn... what did you feel from me just now?-
Rin closed her eyes and tried to match that thought but she soon understood that energy was linked to how you felt about the person you shared it with. A good mother would feel warm and pure about their children and she would teach that but Lynn was a man, an extremely powerful one and as such, his energy towards her, his wife, would feel completely different. What she felt from him first was a mixture of his own power, his raw masculinity and his clear disposition towards her. She felt a bit mortified because she had responded that with a volley of energy reeking of passion and arousal and that had not been his intention from the start.
-I am sorry-she murmured, while clearing her throat- I overreacted...
-I understand-he said-energy sharing is something very intimate and that is why only parents are allowed to teach it to children from the start- He squeezed her hands in his lightly and conveyed that she should not feel embarrased to have shown him what she felt under his energy-Since there are no parents to teach you, as your husband, I should and will gladly do so.
-I must seem like a pervert to you-she said while twisting her body to see his face. She was blushing too but her gaze remained steady and direct to his eyes- I touched you yesterday and now...
-You saved my life yesterday, and I know you did so taking me into consideration. Another woman would have climbed over me and then demanded I marry her leaving me with no other choice- he said with the intent to have things clear between them from the start- You are my wife now by my own choice and I am flattered that you felt so passionately about sharing energy with me just now- It was true, for him, her reaction towards his energy was as if she had felt attracted to a glimpe of his naked body. He was very ignorant about matters between lovers because the few times he had had close contact with women had been traumatic and problematic but that did not mean that he was stupid about his appearance and how it could attract the ladies desires.
He smiled and Rin felt dazed over his expression right then. Still, she held back and the energy between them that felt like a blazing sun subdued itself with the passing moments and Rin´s understanding of the situation. Lynn also calmed himself visibly and returned his attention to the opening of the pouch. He took it with his left hand and instructed Rin to take both their right hands inside it for the pouring of energy.
-Now-he said- close your eyes and we will both think of the void inside and pour the energy into it. That will reveal what is in there and after, we will know how to access or retrieve its contents.
No sooner had he said that, they felt as if the room and bed were shimmering out and the place itself changed into a gargantuan hall. They were still sitting together over a soft chaise, nearby a fireplace that reminded Rin of the images of medieval castles in fairytales.
-A library?-she said
They saw that right beyond the chaise and the fireplace, stood at least twenty rows of wooden structures, at least 3 meters tall and stretching for at least some 50 meters each where books and artifacts were carefully arranged. The place was iluminated by some 30 simple chandeliers hanging from far above and seemed to have no windows whatsoever.
-No, this is a vault-Lynn clearly amazed at the discovery- I thought your mother´s pouch would be extraordinary but this is beyond that.
-Yours is not this big?-
-Mine is a vault too, but it was modelled as a training realm so it is different from this-he was not going to say that his vault was at least double the size of this one and that he had concerned himself with filling it with books on war, armaments and a sizable portion of his own treasure- I think we have our work cut out. We can investigate this place while we are travelling to Detch. It will certainly make things more enjoyable.-