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**Ristaron** · 07-24-2008, 10:45 PM

Pouring her a glass of water from a filtering jug, Matthias handed it to Léana as he led her into the living room. Like most of the interior of the house, it was painted in a warm colour that matched the furniture. As he took a seat in his preferred arm-chair Matthias took his coat off and withdrew his Roman Spatha from the custom inside fold.

With his free hand, Matthias gestured at the loveseat opposite to his recliner.
"Well", he began, "I suppose you're anxious to hear an explanation for what has happened to you. I'll tell you straight off that I don't have all the answers, but what I do know I will share.
You died recently, as we have already established, while you haven't explained to me the exact circumstances I can piece together what happened after that. You woke up a short time later, confused. You found that you were unscathed, regardless of what injuries might have befallen you, and might have simply dismissed it as a dream if it weren't evident that your old life had ended with that incident.
I don't know the process by which it happens, but I've seen it countless times. That violent death triggered something in you called a Quickening. Every one of us, every immortal, has one. It's part of us, and it's what distinguishes us from mortals".