Erica was silent before sighing lightly.

"I..." She paused.

"Well, one is better than none, right?" She asked before getting to her feet.

"I guess... let's go?" She asked. "Or is there more that we need to do in here?"

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Erica didn't say anything before sighing and approaching Zeke. She laid her head on him, over the location that had the mana. The touch was... a lot different from what he may have expected.

It was actually painful.

Especially since he could feel whatever it was that was invading his thoughts focusing there - between his hsoulderblades.

It felt like forever to him, before he was able to take a proper, free, breath and Erica stepped back, the mana she'd withdrawn in an orb that seemed ot be constantly moving and swirling in her hands.

"Feel better?" She asked

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". . . I'm guessing your eye is the culmination of what you headed off with Cain to do?" Kiah asked. Erica was silent for a moment before nodding.

"Now, I do wonder what kind of effect that'll have on the room, admittedly..." She added.

"You all should be outright immune for an hour." Erica answered.

"While I try to get this figured out." She added with a sigh.

"Now, can we get this show on the road?" She asked, her voice almost ... bored, and bland.

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Aedan nodded.

"Yeah, of course." She said.

"let's do what we need to."

After about twenty minutes, Kiah let out a cry of pain as she was blasted back. She didn't lose her footing, however.

"Goddammit." She muttered as she tried to brush herself off, finding herself starting to have a hard time with it though.

"Dammit! Yo! Zeke. Little help?" She called to the nephilim.

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"I'm tainted. You're holy." Kiah answered.

".... And I don't think your mana is strong enough for the reaction we're aiming for." She added.

"Now Zeke, you mind getting your mana off of me? Before it starts burning, preferably." she sighed lightly.

"Because it's making it hard to move."

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Kiah took a few seconds to try and ascertain if there was any other mana.

"... No... I think you got it all." She said before sighing.

"And it's ok, Zeke. Really." She added.

"No harm done." She paused before looking at what they were trying to mix, and the mess that remained.

". . . . Not sure if that's salvageable, though."

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"It really was." Kiah agreed.

"I have no idea what it is that caused it specifically." She added with a light sigh.

"Incompatibility." Aedan said from where she was sitting, looking over notes.

"Chances are the fact that he's half human is causing problems."

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"He going to just appear here, or go through the entrance?" Kiah asked, her voice curious.

"Through the entrance." Zeke commented.

"Aimee's influence most likely" Kiah asked with a light laugh.

"I'll go meet him." Erica then said.

"Make sure he knows where he's going."

".... He's an archangel, you know he knows where he's going." Aedan commented.

".... I just want to get ouf o here for a bit,." Erica then admitted.

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"Waiting for Uriel." Erica answered honestly.

"Zeke called him, as we ... need some help." She added with a light sigh.

"How're you feeling?" She asked, her voice curious, concerned.

"You still pretty clear?"

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"The suspicion is that what we're trying to do in the lab... well, Zeke's mana isn't working due to the fact that he's a nephilim. The human aspect can fall victim." Erica commented.

"So, we're thinking it might be due to that, that it won't work. So why not get an actual angel of some sort here and see if that does the trick?" She asked with a sigh.

"Although, I'm not sure if I mentioned it... I have a supicion as to why it is that you're... not falling victim like the rest." She added after a few seconds, pausing a bit more through that than she normally would.

"Anya's webbing has.... well... an effect on you, right?" She asked

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