Julien just smiled.

"Of course." he responded.

"I would be honoured as well." he told her.

"..." he was then silent, before sighing quietly.

"I'm so glad you're all right." he said further.

"I'd hate to imagine what Demitra would have become had something unthinkable happened." he admitted.

"...I saw how dark and foreboding she got when your safety was questionable..." he then mumbled. "And I was worried she'd do something to hurt herself or get herself into deeper trouble..."

He was silent for a moment, processing that.

"I... really?" he asked.

"She... was really like that?" he asked her.

Racquel just nodded in response.

"..." he was silent again, before smiling softly.

"Truth be told, I'd do the impossible for her." he admitted.

"If her life were in literal danger, and it hinged on my getting blood from a stone, I would exhaust ALL my mana and energy to get that blood from that stone." he told her.

Julien was silent once again, before sighing.

"You're right." he admitted.

"This is something Demitra and I really should sit down and have a serious discussion about." he agreed.

"...if nothing else, clear the air." he then reasoned.

"Ambiguity and uncertainty can and will lead to nothing but frustration in the future." he said further.

"Ah, yes I did." Julien said.

"Come on." he told her, starting to walk further into the house.

"And Demitra is... well, she's out." he then said.

"She told me she was going to hunt out some dinner, and then possibly wash off in the pond." he informed her further.

"Admittedly, I'm not sure which she's doing... at this exact moment."

Again, he sighed.

"There was... uh... well, saying there was little that was salvageable back at the other place would be being charitable." he told her.

"That being said, apparently you still have a lot?" he asked.

"Demitra was telling me she was willing to hand over ALL her savings to find you.' he then informed her.

"Get the best tracker to find you." he went on.

"And... well... he did his job."

"She was devastated." Julien responded.

"Just... I mean... that's the best way to put it." he said.

"I was, too." he admitted.

"The thought of anything happening to you... it angered me. Immensely." he told her.

"I... considered falling into the ways of my bloodline." he went on.

"Now... what I would do once I gave in, I have no idea." he then mumbled.

"Which... frightens me."

"........." there was a long period of silence, before he sighed.

Heavily.

"...yes." he said.

"It's true." he confirmed.

"The Wolfe family CAN spread out a net-like rune, and... drain all those standing on it of their blood." he told her.

"In seconds flat." he went on.

"It's so quick, it's... horrifying."

He paused for a moment, before his eyes widened.

"Wait... lock it down?" he asked.

"That's... wait, like YOU did with YOURS?" he then asked her.

"I... I didn't know that was a possibility." he admitted.

"And I have to be comfortable with it, and have control over it, before that can happen?" he asked further.

"...is it like some sort of self-mana lock?" he inquired. "Something that somehow requires I use my own mana to seal down my mana...?" he continued, obviously a bit on the confused side.

Julien was silent for a moment.

"...the thought of that scares me." he told her. "More than you can image." he went on, before pausing.

"Actually, scratch that last part." he said.

"You probably have a VERY good idea what I'm talking about." he murmured.

"...the thought still terrifies me, though." he admitted.

"I... suppose I can try and let it seep out..."

"...ah... ah..." Julien stammered, clearly overwhelmed now.

His mind was racing, and the thought of his bloodline's ability going nuts and taking him over frightened him... but he couldn't argue that the Fryane's rune would surely trump his own ability.

".........all right." he finally got out.

"Just... all right." he repeated.

Racquel then stepped into another room, and called for him to try it.

Upon hearing that, he stopped consciously keeping down his mana, and immediately he felt it course through him, and almost take over. A red net-like rune spread out further than he could tell, and Racquel could see it encroaching upon her quickly, though it seemed erratic, going back a little, but then spreading even further.