*Episode 6*
One weekend, while Keiichi and 'Koujiku' were having lunch, I 'blinked' in,
eyes-a-glowing. "You again?!?" exclaimed Keiichi at the same moment that 'Koujiku'
yelled, "What the hell?!?!"
"Well, yes. It HAS been a while, hasn't it, Keiichi," I said.
"Almost a month," Keiichi replied.
"Umm.... Keiichi? You know this guy?" 'Koujiku' interjected.
"Yes, and no, Koujiku," I said.
"And how the Hell do you know my name?!?"
"Umm, Koujiku, it's best not to ask that," said Keiichi.
"Oh, good. I see you've learned at least one lesson," I replied with a grin.
"I guess...," Keiichi said reluctantly.
"Anyway, what's with your eyes," said 'Koujiku'.
"Oh, this?" I said, pointing at them and turning them back to their usual brown, "It's a
pretty simple trick. I could teach you, Keiichi, if you'd like."
"Oh? What about me?"
"I'm here in part because Keiichi has the potential to learn these things. You don't."
"In part?"
"Yes."
"And what exactly do you mean by that?"
"Umm... Koujiku? That's another of those questions that you really shouldn't ask
him," Keiichi interjected into "our" conversation. I grinned again.
"And why the Hell not?" 'Koujiku' asked me.
"Because, Koujiku, he'll either say that it's 'one of those things that mortals aren't
meant to know' or he'll explain, but leave you with a hundred more questions that you
AREN'T 'meant to know' the answers to. You should save those questions when the
answer's REALLY important, and there's a chance you'll get a straight answer," Keiichi
replied.
I grinned again. "Yes, that's basically it, except I ALWAYS give a straight answer," I
said, "Anyhow, Keiichi, if you'd like, my offer still stands."
"Oh?" asked Keiichi suspiciously, "What's the catch?"
"There isn't one, really, but you'll have to be careful of when you use it."
"And what are you hiding this time?"
"Nothing. Of course, it's a skill like any other; you'll get better and better at it with
time," I responded, "Plus, the extent that your eyes change is proportionate to the extent
to which you've developed your potential."
"And what do you mean by that?"
"Just what I've said. You'll be lucky if you can keep your eyes altered for five minutes
at first, but eventually you'll be able to not even notice the effort," I said.
"Not that. The bit about the extent of the changes," he replied.
"Oh. That. Well, right now, I'd say your irises would become white. They wouldn't
glow; that doesn't happen until you've developed your potential quite a bit further."
"See what I mean about trying not to ask him unless it's really important?" Keiichi
asked 'Koujiku'.
"Yes, I think so," 'Koujiku' replied, "You never get the answer you wanted."
"That tends to be true, Koujiku, but you always get the answer you need," I said.
"And what do you mean by that?" responded Koujiku.
"That's..." I began, only to have Keiichi chime in, "another of those things mortals
aren't meant to know."
"Basically, yes," I replied, smiling.
"Oh, that's a comfort," said Koujiku.
"Actually, that was Keiichi's response to a pretty similar situation."
"I'll bet. What was the question that time?"
"Who I am."
"Oh. So that's why he told me not to ask."
"Yep," I said, "I was pretty glad to see he understood."
"So that's why you were grinning like that."
"Yep. Anyway, Keiichi, just focus your eyes on an object somewhere, and mentally
focus on a point just in front of your eyes."
"Like this?" Keiichi said, his irises white.
"You've got it," I said as Keiichi's eyes went back to normal, "Don't worry, it's tiring
at first. Just practice a bit and you'll be able to keep it up for as long as you want. Also, I
warned Mara to stay away. She won't bother you for a bit," I said and 'blinked' out.
"And what the Hell was that about?" asked 'Koujiku'.
"Who knows?" replied Keiichi, "I certainly don't. We could ask him, but do you
really think it's worth it?"
"Nah."
One weekend, while Keiichi and 'Koujiku' were having lunch, I 'blinked' in,
eyes-a-glowing. "You again?!?" exclaimed Keiichi at the same moment that 'Koujiku'
yelled, "What the hell?!?!"
"Well, yes. It HAS been a while, hasn't it, Keiichi," I said.
"Almost a month," Keiichi replied.
"Umm.... Keiichi? You know this guy?" 'Koujiku' interjected.
"Yes, and no, Koujiku," I said.
"And how the Hell do you know my name?!?"
"Umm, Koujiku, it's best not to ask that," said Keiichi.
"Oh, good. I see you've learned at least one lesson," I replied with a grin.
"I guess...," Keiichi said reluctantly.
"Anyway, what's with your eyes," said 'Koujiku'.
"Oh, this?" I said, pointing at them and turning them back to their usual brown, "It's a
pretty simple trick. I could teach you, Keiichi, if you'd like."
"Oh? What about me?"
"I'm here in part because Keiichi has the potential to learn these things. You don't."
"In part?"
"Yes."
"And what exactly do you mean by that?"
"Umm... Koujiku? That's another of those questions that you really shouldn't ask
him," Keiichi interjected into "our" conversation. I grinned again.
"And why the Hell not?" 'Koujiku' asked me.
"Because, Koujiku, he'll either say that it's 'one of those things that mortals aren't
meant to know' or he'll explain, but leave you with a hundred more questions that you
AREN'T 'meant to know' the answers to. You should save those questions when the
answer's REALLY important, and there's a chance you'll get a straight answer," Keiichi
replied.
I grinned again. "Yes, that's basically it, except I ALWAYS give a straight answer," I
said, "Anyhow, Keiichi, if you'd like, my offer still stands."
"Oh?" asked Keiichi suspiciously, "What's the catch?"
"There isn't one, really, but you'll have to be careful of when you use it."
"And what are you hiding this time?"
"Nothing. Of course, it's a skill like any other; you'll get better and better at it with
time," I responded, "Plus, the extent that your eyes change is proportionate to the extent
to which you've developed your potential."
"And what do you mean by that?"
"Just what I've said. You'll be lucky if you can keep your eyes altered for five minutes
at first, but eventually you'll be able to not even notice the effort," I said.
"Not that. The bit about the extent of the changes," he replied.
"Oh. That. Well, right now, I'd say your irises would become white. They wouldn't
glow; that doesn't happen until you've developed your potential quite a bit further."
"See what I mean about trying not to ask him unless it's really important?" Keiichi
asked 'Koujiku'.
"Yes, I think so," 'Koujiku' replied, "You never get the answer you wanted."
"That tends to be true, Koujiku, but you always get the answer you need," I said.
"And what do you mean by that?" responded Koujiku.
"That's..." I began, only to have Keiichi chime in, "another of those things mortals
aren't meant to know."
"Basically, yes," I replied, smiling.
"Oh, that's a comfort," said Koujiku.
"Actually, that was Keiichi's response to a pretty similar situation."
"I'll bet. What was the question that time?"
"Who I am."
"Oh. So that's why he told me not to ask."
"Yep," I said, "I was pretty glad to see he understood."
"So that's why you were grinning like that."
"Yep. Anyway, Keiichi, just focus your eyes on an object somewhere, and mentally
focus on a point just in front of your eyes."
"Like this?" Keiichi said, his irises white.
"You've got it," I said as Keiichi's eyes went back to normal, "Don't worry, it's tiring
at first. Just practice a bit and you'll be able to keep it up for as long as you want. Also, I
warned Mara to stay away. She won't bother you for a bit," I said and 'blinked' out.
"And what the Hell was that about?" asked 'Koujiku'.
"Who knows?" replied Keiichi, "I certainly don't. We could ask him, but do you
really think it's worth it?"
"Nah."