Tamli manages to get out from under Finca and he takes to the air. She tried to have him killed! So what if he did that to her, she nearly succeeded in killing him by way of Nira! Finca isn't so quick as to give up. She springs into the air and cloaks herself in a Shadowy cloak of her element, a Shadow Cloak attack.
Finca spins and, with the aid of her Shadow Cloak, is able to interrupt Tamli.
Not so fast, she snarls before she lashes onto his left wing with her teeth and refuses to let go.
Tamli struggles to remain in the air, Finca's weight holding him down. He finally rears backward and cloaks himself in his own element, forming a Light Cloak to batter Finca's Shadow Cloak and force her to let go of his wing. Finca lets go and quickly flies upward, hoping to launch another attack before Tamli can recover. She swoops in and fires off a Shadow Blast at the white dragon. Tamli snarls and once the smoke from the attack is gone, goes after her.
He growls and launches a Light Blast at the female dragoness. Finca dodges and counters with her own, another Shadow Blast. Tamli dives just in time and rams into Finca from behind, using the wind currents to avoid being seen by the dragoness. Finca roars in anger and her tail slashes across Tamli's right shoulder, cutting down to the bone and leaving a faint streak of blood on the end of her scythe-like tail. Tamli howls in pain and fury and slams into her, their white bodies mixing and forming a single dragon to anyone that was to look from the ground.
Finca dives, her tail scraping the ground slightly, and then quickly gains altitude. Tamli hovers, his tail brushing past his wounded shoulder.
Finca isn't playing around, he thinks as he stares at the thin line of blood on the edge of his white tail. What she did to me was real and she is mad at me for what I've done to her.
Finca snaps at Tamli's right wing as she passes him by, still gaining altitude at a now rapid pace. Tamli growls and then after a moment, goes after her. Or that is what Finca thinks. To her surprise, Tamli dives under her at the last second and runs his tail straight across the full length of her underbelly. Finca stops and growls, puzzled by Tamli's actions.
The male circles and repeats his behavior. Finca again doesn't understand it.
Why is he doing this? She wonders.
Tamli stops, merely beating his wings as he has to in order to stay in the air. Finca snarls softly. What was he doing and why did it seem to be so enjoying in such a strange way? Tamli closes his eyes and lets loose a sudden, quick burst of white light. Finca growls, startled by this.
You feel the pull of our auras, don't you?
Tamli's eyes are still closed but Finca can sense that he is saying that he is speaking straight to her mind by his own aura, a gift that she has never fully understood.
I don't understand, she replies.
Our auras are like magnets. One negative and one positive. I am the negative and you . . .
And I am the positive, Finca finishes, understanding the dragon's meaning.