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Vincent was silent again for a moment.

".....I see." he said, his tone flatter than before.

"Very well." he said further.

"A little girl being rendered a hollow shell is something that should be avoided at all costs." he reasoned.

"Tell me where she and Rene are." he told her.

"I'll go there."

There was silence on the other end for a moment.

"Good heavens..." he said.

"Right. I DO know about them." he told her.

"...met, maybe 2, in my entire life, but still..." he muttered.

"What do you wish me to do?" he asked her.

"Compile information? Help directly?" he asked further.

Vincent was silent as he heard this.

"Very well." he replied.

"But fair warning, I have knowledge of... quite a few." he told her.

"Do you want me to list them all off now, or compile a list on paper and give it to you?" he asked.

"I've been around this globe a number of times, dear sister." he continued. "So there's not a lot that I don't know of." he then added.

Rene hung up after Hollie did, and sighed.

"Guess I should start making food." he said quietly.

"Erica... I really hope you can be helped, and soon." he mumbled.

Meanwhile, a male sat at a desk, looking through some books, before his phone rang.

"Hm?" he mumbled, before answering it.

"Hello." he said into it, as he went back to the book he was flipping through.

"All right." Rene replied.

"Thank you." he said.

"I get the feeling that, if this goes unchecked for much longer, bad things will happen." he went on.

"To her, specifically." he clarified.

"She's been through too much to go down because of something like THIS."

"Tell me about it." Rene said.

"She's tried to do research, but hasn't found much." he told her.

"I'VE done research, and haven't found much more." he admitted.

"But she really does need help." he sighed.

"And if Vincent can give her some, then that would be amazing."

"If he remembers something like that, then yes." Rene replied.

"I've... uh.. well..." he said further, before sighing deeply.

"Cutting to the chase, I've adopted a young girl with the abilities and markings I've described." he told her.

"And she has no idea how to control it." he went on.

"Neither do I." he lamented.

Rene was silent for a moment, before sighing lightly, and smiling.

"Hey Hollie." he replied.

"Yeah. Been a while." he said.

"Listen, I have a question." he told her.

"Do you or Vincent have any sort of recollection of a mage or whomever that could manipulate and/or amplify emotions in others?" he asked.

"Maybe had some tendril-like markings on their body?"

"Finger food." Rene said.

"Got it." he told her.

He then watched as she left, before sighing and looking at his phone. He scrolled through his contact list, before stopping at one named 'Hollie'.

"...it's been a while..." he mumbled.

"But maybe she'll answer..." he said, before hitting the 'dial' button and putting the phone to his ear.

"Huh. Interesting." Rene said.

"Very intriguing." he said further.

"Hmm..." he mumbled, scratching his chin a bit.

"Anyway, go on up and read." he told her.

"What do you want for dinner?" he asked.

Rene nodded.

"Sure." he replied.

"You do that." he told her, as Felix wound his way through their legs, mewling and purring.

"Heh." Rene chuckled.

"Does he keep you company when you read?" he asked her.

"I've heard a cat really helps with relaxation."

"........" Rene was silent for a moment when he heard that.

".....hm." he mumbled.

"I wonder..." he said quietly.

"I may be able to find someone that can help." he told her.

"Someone that... well... was alive at that time." he continued.

"It's a long shot, but... he might have known that person." he said.

".....yeah..." Rene said quietly, turning away.

"Hidden." he said further.

"I know what that's like." he told her.

"To have something to hide, lest chaos be wrought on the world around you." he continued.

"That's why I want to help so bad." he said further.

"So you don't NEED to hide anything."

Rene crossed his arms over his chest, and listened to what she had to say.

".....Mm." he mumbled.

"I see..." he said, looking at her arm intently.

"I really think that whatever is on your arm needs to be examined." he told her.

"Something tells me it has its effects on YOU as well, and not just those around you."