23 Katja (1/2)
Seventeen years ago.
Even if Naomi still lingered in his mind, it didn't take long for Katja to fascinate him by just being who she is, she wasn't necessarily a happy go lucky bubbly person, but she also wasn't a sour ball. Katja had this way about her, where Quintin would never know if it's the cat talking or Katja. For four months she helped him train to master this 'wind element' and an even shorter time to learn to control his saber, just in time for the attack on the Fenrir clan.
The routine was set into him after a short time, up early in the morning for stretches, then the physical exercise. Katja said the exercise was to get rid of all your adrenaline, so your body must focus on looking for other options to aid itself. Its similar to body fat, if you don't eat for days on end, your body starts breaking up fat in order to sustain itself. Quintin laughed that time.
”And like a hangover, your body dehydrates when you drink alcohol, so in desperation to rehydrate itself it uses the cerebral spinal fluid surrounding your brain, and the more your body uses this fluid, the more your brain sinks inside your skull, and as soon as it touches the bone, bang! Hangover!” He said remembering somewhere in his life an old man telling that story, it might have been his father or uncle.
Katja only tilted one ear and frowned at him confused.
”Whats a hangover?”
Quintin should never have told her that story, because it went from the hangover to what alcohol was, to what spinal fluid was, it took Quintin atleast an hour to explain everything, and she insisted on him explaining it to her until she understood it. Quintin even had to show her some pictures in Ezbar's labs.
The stretches she said was to get blood flow going, and calm your chi, making it spread throughout your whole body. The first three days or so he followed her moves, mimicking her. Then she showed him different stretches because he wasn't nearly as supple as she was, he couldn't split, and he couldn't bend backwards and touch his heels, he would fall over onto his head every time, making her laugh. From there he focused on the stretches she taught him, and two weeks in, he started focusing more on her, than his stretches. For normality Katja wore clothes, even if she said she's more comfortable in her fur. Ezbar organised her all sorts of clothes to wear, and she preferred tight fitting easy to move in clothing, and that's what had Quintin extend his individual stretches just to watch her stretch. Her body built with subtle muscle, ripped in a feminine way. She was all in all a woman, and Quintin found her very attractive. He only looked though, where in his life would she fall for him? She's considered an entire different species than him, so for the sake of keeping out the wierd, he only looked.
Four months into the training he began to produce the first gusts pf wind, and he was so overjoyed he thoughtlessly gave her a hug.
”This is awesome! You really know how to teach don't you? I bet you you can teach anyone how to do this”
She smiled warmly ”Nah its probably because of Caynine's power that you managed, not just anyone can learn it”
Just like Quintin had Naomi he had to het over, it seemed she still had Caynine.
”But, i must say your aura is more lively now, you'll snap it soon, i garuntee it” she said.
He nodded smiling, he still felt that long for Caynine in her voice, poor girl, she must have really loved him. Quintin felt like such a fool, gawking over her like some pervert meanwhile she's stil mourning her lost lover.
”Stop it” she suddenly said and he blinked.
”Im sorry?” He asked.
”Everytime you look at me your aura warms up, it grows, it looks so fluffy and inviting. But what ever you thought of now made your aura seem blue, and dimming, almost blow away”
He frowned ”Huh!?”
”What were you thinking of just now?” Sha asked and he shrugged.
”Nothing”
She folded her arms ”You're easy to read, and thinking of nothing doesn't flatten your aura”
”I didn't think of something that should make you concerned, that's all”
”Hmph” she said and stepped back ”If you say so”
That following morning Quintin decided to leave her out of the picture, as she stood stretching, he focused somewhere else, and thought of different things, like Cleopatra, and Kishra. What did Kishra mean by Naomi offering her life for him? It made him angry not to know, and those two bitches haven't shown themselves for the past four months! Fucking cowards.
”Quintin!” Katja yelled popping his thought bubble ”What is wrong with you!?” She yelled again.
He looked at her frowning, then looked at what he was doing, he was in a basic long extended leg stretch.
”Stretching?”
”If your aura was physical, this place would be on fire right now! Ive never seen a crimson flair up in an aura like that! Its like you exploded!” She said angrily.
He was still frowning ”Um?”
She folded her arms ”It started yesterday, and now we will get to the bottom of this, your aura suddenly just acted up”
He stood upright ”Ok?”
”Close your eyes” he did so ”Think of your favourite food”
”Huh?”
”Just do it”
”Ok?” He thought, anything is his favourite, he learned the value of any meal when he was on the streets. Katja saw his aura turn white.
”Everything?” She asked, white being the sum of all colours.
”Ok how did you know that?” He asked.
”Ssh, next question, think of your parents”
She saw his aura go purple blue, her way of seeing longing and sadness, it probably meant his parent's are deceased.
”Think of that woman you were with last”
She saw only purple, longing.
She thought back to the times they stretched before, his aura was so healthy, vibrant, warm. What was he thinking of? She remembered his eyes on her every time she turned to him. But he had to watch her, she was teaching him, it might be worth trying.
”Now think of me” She asked, Katja saw his face twitch, then there came that aura.
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”Caynine” She said, and that blue flattening aura replaced it.
”Are you jealous of Caynine?”
”No, why!?” His reaction was revealing enough.
”Your aura says it all”