Jasmine felt something settle down on her shoulders like a coat. It sat heavy on her for a moment before it seemed to sink into her very being and vanished. When the man told her that what he had done wasn't just another tool, she looked around herself and with help from the new gift Charon had given her, she could almost make out the world around her. She could see the flow of the energy as it curved around people, buildings, and objects. She could almost make out the outlines of items and buildings around her as the energy curved around their corners. It wasn't that she was seeing the buildings, it was almost like when something was just below the surface of murky water and so caused the flow of the water to warp and ripple around the item, even if it didn't full break the surface.
She sat there on her knees for a moment, her mouth open in awe at the new sight. She wasn't sure what to think about this gift that he had given her. What did it mean for her in the long run? Would this sight only grow stronger as she used it or would this gift only last for so long.
She looked down at Bruno, watching the energy ebb and flow around him. She reached out to glide her hands through the flowing energy that flowed around him but she felt nothing, even though the energy flowed around her fingers. She looked up at Charon as he stood beside her. Her eyes widened at the sight of him and the way the energy reacted with him. Unlike with Bruno and the other things around her, the energy around him was halted and cracking, like it was on the verge of shattering if she looked at it too long. She got a sense that his energy was different than everyone else around her and as she peered up into his face, she felt as if she was looking into the face of someone impossibly old, an immortal who had walked this world before the towering city around her was even conceived. Once again she found herself question, who was this man that stood before her now?
She slowly stood up, unsure of how to proceed. She eventually turned to face him. Her eyes locked onto his face and she took a moment before she bowed her head in thanks. “Thank you,” she said quietly. When he told her that if she were to ever need him, she would know where to find him, she felt it as true. She felt as if this gift he had bestowed upon her gave them a connect of some type. She could sense him, just slightly, like a dull feeling pointing her in the right direction. She slowly nodded. “Yes,” she said quietly, “I think I do know where to find you if I need you.”
There was a buzzing in her pocket and she absentmindedly reached in and grabbed it. She slid her fingers along its screen in a perfected gesture and the ear bud in her ear read out the message to her. “Angel borns have been secured. We are on the way to gather you now and to head back to headquarters.” She let out a deep sigh of relief at the thought of the angel born finally coming under their protection. She turned back to Charon, a calm and thankful look on her face. “Again, thank you. My men will be arriving soon to pick me up. If you want, you are welcome to come join us. We are going to the headquarters for the knights. The angel born are safe in our custody now.”
It was only a few moments more before a van came around the corner and came to a halt at the curb. The side opened and a few knights sat there, watching her and Charon. One stepped out of the van and lightly grabbed her arm to guide her safely to the van. She slowly turned from Charon and faced the van, following the knight's lead as she walked into the open door. Hands guided her to a safe place to sit and her eyes swept over the angel born secured peacefully in the back of the van. The knights kept the door open a moment more as Jasmine called out to Charon. “You are welcome to come.” Eventually, whether Charon accepted the offer or not, the door to the van was closed and they made their way back to headquarters. Bruno settled on the floor on her feet, letting out a long huff as he did so.
Jasmine busied herself by turning to face Aliana. They needed to help get her powers under control and if they could handle it before she woke from the medicine they had given her, all the better. Jasmine turned completely around in her seat and reached back so she could touch Aliana's forehead. “Seraphina Malachi,” she muttered quietly as she slowly drew a small symbol on her forehead, “May this sigil bring you peace and my God in heaven bless you with the means to control these great gifts you have.” She enclosed the symbol in a circle, muttering a few words in Latin before the sigil she drew became visible and lit up brightly. After a moment, it dulled then vanished. That should help keep her powers bound long enough for her to gain control of them. She sighed quietly before she turned back around and settled into her seat with a groan.
She still had a strong headache and she was so darn tired but they finally got everything under control for the time being. She took the time to use her new vision to see how the energy flowed around her people, looking from one person to the other. She wasn't sure how she was going to be able to use these new powers that Charon blessed her with but she was determined to figure it out and quickly. She pondered this as the van continued its way to the headquarters.