Dmitri looked over at Claudia, “Now that was an odd sensation wasn’t it?”
Claudia broke into a grin, “Seeing through his eyes or using his abilities in your body?”
“Is that what it was?” asked Dmitri surprised, “I thought it was just his speed and strength.”
“Well that’s exactly what it was,” Claudia responded. Upon receiving a confused look from Dmitri, she explained, “When you link with me, your magic flares up. That is because you and I are both magic users, we’ve been trained in magic. Wayte hasn’t been, he is a trained warrior. His life revolves around his speed and strength so those are the attributes that you gained.”
“Ah,” said Dmitri catching on, “and that’s why your teacher would link with animals, to gain an aspect of theirs.”
“Exactly!” said Claudia excited, “so you would choose a bull for strength or an eagle for enhanced vision. The choices are limitless.”
“But if Draycott has blocked our access to magic, how can we even link?” asked Dmitri.
“My teacher explained it to me,” said Claudia, “He said that linking is done entirely by the spirit and doesn’t actually involve magic. And that is why animals and non-magic users can be a part of a link.”
Dmitri nodded in understanding, “But when we link, we’re tapping into our own magic instead of an external source and thus it is usable.”
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“Correct,” said Claudia, confirming Dmitri’s musings. “But you’d best get back to work on the cure for this, I’ve got a lot to do if I am to supply us with a few of those jars of liquid. Link with me so we can still access our magic,” she suggested.
Dmitri nodded and reached for his magic and then Claudia, the bloom of magic once again put a radiant smile on Claudia’s face. Dmitri went over to the workbench where the cadaver rested and performed the air and water glyphs in the air about the cadaver, releasing it from its protective shielding. The odour of decay that assailed his nose was enough to make his eyes water so he wrapped his face with a scrap of cloth to block the smell. Carefully using the tools at hand, Dmitri extracted some of the lesions and sores so that he would have samples on hand to work with. Placing them into some stoppered glass jars, he sealed them with the same air and water shield that had been preserving the cadaver itself. He took them over to the workbench where Claudia was busily weighing ingredients and dividing them into separate piles and didn’t even notice him. Turning back to the cadaver, Dmitri drew the glyphs for air and fire above the cadaver. A bubble of air came into being around the corpse and flames erupted from the already open chest cavity and spread over the corpse. The pocket of air soon filled with an evil black smoke. Using more air magic, Dmitri funnelled the smoke out of one of the windows in the room. Dmitri looked over at Claudia to see how she doing to find that her expression, directed at him, was not amused. Then she too used some cloth scraps to cover her mouth and nose to fend off the smell of roasting and rotting flesh. Dmitri shrugged apologetically but continued his grim task.
The guards again banged on the door, making demands to stop whatever they were doing that was causing that smell.
Eventually all that was left on the table was an oily black stain burnt into the wood. Using some more air, Dmitri sent the last of the foul air out the window, but not before sending a small pocket of it out to the guards. Claudia grinned at this and further burst out laughing when they started banging on the door again.