So Rhea was not really that much of an extremist. Sigh. When push came to shove, people forgot all about things such as compassion for the dead. Not that Olivier thought that was a bad thing. [color=ff0000]"The genetic mechanism for wielding is a very complicated and long-winded subject, I do not believe we could exhaust it here, and it might be more distracting than anything. I will tell you about the gloves, however."[/color] As he said that, he met her gaze, and it seemed like the girl was measuring him up. How funny. Olivier had never relied on charm before, but, thinking about it now, it was a tool in his arsenal. Mmmno... too cringe worthy... he won't go there. [color=ff0000]"When you wield, there is a constant feedback loop between your body and the environment. It just so happens, because of the multitude of gateways and ki vertices in your palms, that that is the place hardest to control the incoming flow from. In other words, your palms absorb much more energy than needed, in an erratic fashion. When trying to wield, that is, pull at energy with your willpower without a glove, if the technique you're using is very advanced, you run the risk of changing energy while it is in flux within your body, simply because you don't know it's there. This backlash can completely wreck both your nervous system and your ki pathways."[/color]

Olivier glanced back for a second, to ensure that Nova was keeping pace. When she assured him that she won't get too far away with a rhetorical, she resumed his explanations. [color=ff0000]"This is why we have the gloves. Each emblem has a different core, which absorbs ambient energy while we are wielding so as to ensure we don't accidentally wield what is within our bodies. For a lightning wielder, if I remember correctly, the core should be a highly purified natural magnetic stone. For a dark wielder, the core is river amber with a perfectly preserved insect inside - enough so that its soul is trapped therein. They are literally weakening us to make us easier to control. As for how we came about this discovery, it wasn't death by wielding per se, but everyday, mundane death. For thousands of years, our physicians have been chopping off the freshly deceased to better understand how the human body works, and that gave us the mapping of our ki pathways."[/color]

Everything Olivier said was true, if slightly incomplete, due to the time constraints. Turning back once more, he saw the idiotic flame wielder, the little girl and the water wielder making their way from behind. Nova expressed her annoyance at this, and he was feeling in kind. Rhiannon seemed strong enough to keep an eye on him, even though Olivier still thought it would've been much more efficient if he just made a contract to be absolutely sure that no shady business was taking place. But, whatever, the others wouldn't let him for some unknown reason (maybe they really had a death wish) so the point was moot. [color=ff0000]"We will not befriend each other. But alas, I'm not going to strike you down where you're standing. But don't forget, Lao."[/color] Saying that, Olivier raised his open, gloveless left palm, making a ball of brilliant [i]black[/i] fire appear within it. [color=ff0000]"One more foolish act and you'll have more to worry about than lack of legs."[/color]

Of course, Olivier couldn't actually wield black fire. He was wielding regular fire and then applying dark wielding to the color to make it look legitimate (kind of like food coloring). But whatever he had at hand to avoid a future needless conflict, he'd use. The flame went out as quickly as it was conjured.