"They'll hold," Seteta whispered, grinning as she laid back on the warm stone and pulled Vulpesen over her. His mouth moved against hers again, and she nibbled at his lip before deepening the kiss.
By the time they were no longer distracted, the sun had sunk low enough that the trees and hills surrounding the oasis had cast the water into shadows. Seteta lay on her back, happily burying her toes in the warm sand and enjoying the quiet thrum of the earth's magic around her.
Being physically sated was quite pleasing as well.
She reached for Vulpesen's hand, twining her fingers through his, and then pressing their hands into the sand.
"I'll show you how I did the alarm ward," she said, and when she could feel his magic moving along side hers, she extended her senses along the magic she'd laid before.
"It's quite simple really," she explained. "For me, the magic is always present within the earth. While I do have to be in contact with it to start off, for a ward like this where I just need to monitor a place without making the earth do anything, I can just... attach it to my own senses, temporarily."
She fell quiet, trying to think of how to explain it better. "It's like I mentally... tie the magic to myself," she said a moment later. "Kind of like... loosely tying a coin purse around your wrist that you don't want to drop?"
By the time they were no longer distracted, the sun had sunk low enough that the trees and hills surrounding the oasis had cast the water into shadows. Seteta lay on her back, happily burying her toes in the warm sand and enjoying the quiet thrum of the earth's magic around her.
Being physically sated was quite pleasing as well.
She reached for Vulpesen's hand, twining her fingers through his, and then pressing their hands into the sand.
"I'll show you how I did the alarm ward," she said, and when she could feel his magic moving along side hers, she extended her senses along the magic she'd laid before.
"It's quite simple really," she explained. "For me, the magic is always present within the earth. While I do have to be in contact with it to start off, for a ward like this where I just need to monitor a place without making the earth do anything, I can just... attach it to my own senses, temporarily."
She fell quiet, trying to think of how to explain it better. "It's like I mentally... tie the magic to myself," she said a moment later. "Kind of like... loosely tying a coin purse around your wrist that you don't want to drop?"