After I had my string pulled every which way from Sunday, Kara's finished with my shirt and jacket. She also gave me instructions on where to meet up with Kalita; it seems that Kara had been forewarned and expected us to come by at some point this morning.
"Thank you, Kara, for this; it looks great!"
"Well, it is the least I can do for you, and I wish I could do more. You have helped many people, young man, don't think us crotchety old people don't notice. We all support you and try to keep things going in your absence."
It was true, and I had noticed that the people and Kin were now wearing clothing, rather than scraps of cloth. Kara underplayed or didn't quite understand how important her job was. I walked over to her and gave her a hug because I don't know... it felt right.
Suddenly, Kara burst with light in my arms! I had taken my damn shades off to change, and now I was barely able to keep the light out. As I tried to blink away the pain in my eyes, something felt different in my arms.
Kara was by no means ugly or out of shape, but she was getting older. How old? I wasn't about to ask her, but now she was... My age? And her body... oh wow, maybe I better let go of here, before she gets the wrong idea.
"Even with the girls, you know, no one has ever shown me any kind of affection before? Why?"
"It felt right, you do so much for me, and I don't think you understand how important your job is."
"You think me making clothes is important? Are clothes really that important?"
"What I told you were can make everyone, even women and children, ninety percent immune to damage?"
"That would be amazing, wouldn't it be?"
I stepped back to take a look at the cute brown haired Babe wearing an apron. She was a cross of Kadence and Xelios, but I wasn't in the market for any more new wives. I look at Kara, and she displayed a bit of confusion from my tone.
"Yeah, it would be fantastic! Now, What if I told you they already were?"
"How, who did this, and what does it have to do with me?"
"Here, watch. See this shirt?"
I picked up my shirt off the ground, and I held it out to her.
"When you made this for me, did you make it fireproof?"
"No?"
I burned my thoughts as I held the shirt in my hand, and then I tried to light it on fire. Nothing happened to the shirt; the flames just moved around it. Kara gasped as she took a step back, her hand to her mouth.
"Now, let me see those scissors, Im sure you get it now, but don't argue with me."
Kara had opened her mouth to explain what I just said, but I wasn't done with her yet. I took the scissors from her and slammed them into the wooden floor. Then dragged them through the wood for over three feet. I left a massive gouge in the planks, and splitters had flown everywhere.
"Someone is going to have to clean that up!"
"Watch."
I didn't respond to her complaint; instead, I instructed her to watch me as I grabbed the shirt I had tried to burn. I put the shirt on the floor and then slammed the scissors down like before, but this time the scissors stopped when they hit the shirt, jarring my arm a bit like it was metal. I then pulled the scissors down the shirt until I reached the end and then pulled the scissors down into the plank to the handles I was holding.
"What? Did you not try this time?"
"Don't be silly, Kara. You see the scissors in the wood, and you watched me light it on fire. Kara, you have made our people almost impervious to all forms of lethal magic that doesn't have an area effect. Are you picking up what I'm laying down?"
"What am I supposed to pick up?
"OYE! Don't you get it? You are an essential service that gives our army extra protection under the magical armor that our smiths are working on right now! You also provide this to everyone that we have to protect. Now, according to you, I need to leave, but I will get Greckcain or Markeye to stop by and fix the damage, okay?"
"Do you think it could be... Markeye?"
Ho ho ho, this was rich; I had no idea how she got so young now, but maybe I could introduce the two? Hmmm? Perhaps that would be his kick in the pants to get him flashing bright lights?
I waved to Kara as I ran out her door; I was always getting distracted. I jogged down the hall and then hopped out of the moving wagon, using my flames to rise up. I spotted Kalita, and she was on the top deck with her father; Markeye wasn't a bad looking man, but he didn't have a change of clothes yet, hmmm, interesting.
I would deal with that when I got back; sometimes, adults were just as bad as the kids they scolded. The two probably had liked each other for a long time, but with the Thurman bullshit and whatnot, it had just turned awkward. Maybe Kalita and I would talk about it on our trip, where ever we were going.
I dropped ten feet and land on the metal plate, brushing off my pants and straightening out my shirt. For some reason, I just got nervous, but it wasn't like I hadn't dealt with these two together before, but something felt different. I didn't have words for it as I walked over to the pair, standing at the front of the patio waiting for me.
"Hey, you look beautiful as ever, Kalita. It's good to see you as well, Markeye; later, when we get back, I would like you to come to help me with a mess I made down I Miss Kara's room."
Markeye stiffened for the briefest of moments, and I would have missed it if I wasn't looking. I paid the action no mind and tucked it away, turning to Kalita. She smiled at me with a devilish grin and lifted her arms up like she was a little kid that wanted up.
I laughed and scooped her up into my arms and kissed her before starting to run hard and fast. Kalita laughed enthusiastically as I planted my foot on the railing and catapulted into the air. Kalita screamed out in joy as we fell, and I ignited my thoughts and bought us to and almost compete stop just before ground, and I turned the heat up to eleven, grinning down at Kalita.
"Where we going, Babe? To the moon? End of the continent? The other side of the world?"
"Do we have time to go back to the place we met?"
"If you show me the way! I have a new trick I wanted to try out!"
I awkwardly pulled my shade down with Kalita in my arms and then blasted off!