Theren had been right to dash backwards because as soon as he had finished his sentence, she nearly jumped up in surprise, her wings flaring just slightly as she did so. Though she hadn't gained enough height to truly sit up, she did turn in her chair a bit after the scare to see who the stranger was. After hearing a demand of her magic, her eyes narrowed just slightly and only briefly as she took the moment to examine her questioner. She had lived in Ebonfort long enough, certainly, to catch the colors and uniform marking him as one of the knight captains which in of itself caused a slight curiosity in the Sylph. The more important matter though was how he knew of her abilities, but there was really only one conclusion that sprung to her mind, only one way to know something about something so subtle as her own magic. [b][color=00ccff]"Aurism..."[/color][/b] she replied out loud.

Without giving pause, she stood up and pushed her chair in, closing her eyes and sighing. [b][color=00ccff]"It's really the only way you could've known... but are you here to arrest me?"[/color][/b] Opening her eyes and gauging his reaction, she shook her head and leaned the small of her back against the chair, folding her hands onto her thighs. [b][color=00ccff]"No, you would have already then. So it's either you want something or you're [i]really[/i] that curious."[/color][/b] At this point, a light, but friendly smile painted her lips. [b][color=00ccff]"I wish I had a name for it, but there isn't any information about it that I've come across... anyways,"[/color][/b] she continued, brushing a strand of hair from her eyes, [b][color=00ccff]"I can decipher coded messages and read the memories of objects, normally within the last.. thirty days? Probably not the most useful magic to exist."[/color][/b]

Gianna had come across most of the known magics in her studies of things unusual, but the more subtle magics had always been harder to record and document, especially since the [i]'Death of Magic.'[/i] However things such as summoning, familiary, elementlism, shielding - those were all easily found in some text or another because of their obvious effects on the outside world. She only came across Aurism in the sense of authors writing of men and women being able to 'sense' magic or otherwise 'perceive things others cannot.' Gianna had been quite sure of herself that had she not been given the sudden boon of whatever magic she had, Aurism was likely the next ability Fate would've granted her. That alone had made Gianna interested in the captain, curious how it felt to see the world in a different light - whether it was painted in new colors or perhaps the world just brighten or darkened just a tad.