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Inside my Mindspace was a mess. My barrier was close to shattering, and the calm whiteness of the surroundings had become riddled with black splotches. "By all that is Psionic, I can't tell what is worse, what the anti Psionic beam did to me, or what you did to me you shitty origin! I am in fucking agony over here."

Although I still don't quite understand how I am able to get so powerful under certain conditions, I know my Origins must be using its potential somehow and overwriting what my body can do for a short while.

There are side effects to this however. My Psionic decay has ramped up and now my whole body feels like crackling electricity under the surface of my skin. Even if I was not already planning on returning home next week, I would have to anyway now with the damage I sustained.

Looking at my origin, I began in a scolding voice. "I mean seriously, you are me so you know I am going to be a whiny shit about this. Did you have to keep the energy in my body for so long? And why did I need to be floating? We already struggle with Gyrokinetic levitation as it is, that could only have exasperated the ordeal. And another thing.."

I began a short rant towards my Origin. Perhaps by speaking some sense into myself, I would stop being self destructive with my living vessel. The origin began to dim its colour under my verbal barrage, making me feel upset.

"Really? Puppy eyes? I see right through you me! Just stop hurting me, me!" I said, catching the Origin in the act. I was about to continue my self scolding when from behind me I heard. "Apollo."

Turning around, Sapphire was limping towards me with both Zircon and Onyx dangling from her maw. I gasped upon seeing Onyx's state. She was bloodied from head to foot with lacerations.

In a moment, all my ailments dispersed as I ran over and took her from Sapphire's mouth. "Onyx, my love, are you going to be ok?" Being in the comfort of my arms, Onyx began morphing into her stalker form so her wounds would be easier to heal.

"I will live my universe. I did not expect a sudden Anti Psionic attack. I did not even feel that weapons presence until the beam had been fired. I did my best trying to reinforce you barrier, but I kept on phasing outside and into the Psionic plane due to the beams effects. Still, I am glad to see you are safe my Apollo."

She brought her three fingered claw up to my face and began rubbing my cheek as a way to destress. I did not move an inch, letting her do as she pleased as I held her. While sitting there with her, I did my best to both reinforce my barrier and fix the damaged splotches.

After a while, I was satisfied with the work I had done and decided to take a break until my energy stabilised because it took a lot more effort than it usually would have. With that done, I gave Onyx some kisses, with the promise of love time when we get back home. I gave Sapphire some scritches and my Zircon a few rubs along her fuller as she had been circling me defensively the whole time before I eventually made myself awaken.

Opening my eyes, I still had a massive headache, but it was a lot more manageable now. As I tried to sit up, I realised I could not as a arm encased with armour was gently pressed against my chest.

"You enter a mediative state almost instantly. I am intrigued, who taught you how to do so, so effortlessly at such a young age?" She asked, crouched down next to me, looking at me with her purple eye slits.

I could have fought against the pressure, but my body was just sore all over so I just thought 'screw it.' and stayed lay down. "My teacher." I replied, not wanting to reveal much as I was still confused by the woman's motive.

"I see." Nerissa said calmly. "You are clouded with uncertainty of my motives. Understandable, I did just leave my job of the last 200,000 years to follow a teenager around because of my intrigue. I am sure we will both open up to one another soon enough."

After the bombshell Nerissa just dropped, I was about to ask for clarification, and was given pre consent as she spoke first. "Please, feel free to ask any questions you desire. I will answer everything I am able to answer. Just do not get cheeky." She said as she booped my nose.

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An evil smile hid behind my neutral expression. 'Oh you naïve woman. You should not give me free reign to ask questions. We are going to be here for hours!' The first question I asked after gaining my composure was a rather obvious one.

"You just said you are over 200,000 years old. How is that possible? Are you even human?" Nerissa said nothing as she removed her arm from my body and stood up. "I will not answer that question. Any answer I give will be met with scrutiny, hate, criticism, physical confrontation, suspicion and the most likely, a compensation of them all."

While not answering the question flat out confirmed she was not human in my eyes, I carefully thought before replying. "I see your logic behind that statement. No answer is a good answer. If you say you are human. I would ask for proof, but I feel you would not take your helmet off after the fact, which would leave me suspicious as to why, leaving me not wanting to give you any information and so on and so on."

Nerissa made no movement or sound as I said that, so I continued as I sat upright. "However, would your mind possibly be swayed if I was to tell you that I grew up outside of the human supremist doctrine that the Spartari populace are taught from childhood? I am quite an open minded individual towards non human life."

Nerissa continued to stare at me a moment, the weight of the rooms silence becoming heavy. Just as I was about to make another point, she spoke. "Doctrine? That is a religious word. Most intriguing Apollo. Religion has long gone extinct so no normal member of Spartari would ever use it."

'It is?!' I thought to myself in panic. 'Stupid past life lexicon.' I had a feeling I was going to be in deep water for a moment, but Nerissa's continuation settled me down, just slightly. "No one in the current dogma would use the obsolete word, which leaves me even more intrigued then I was before. Which in turn has made me trust you with this knowledge I will bestow upon you Apollo Lambdason. Be warned however, If this gets out, myself alongside my brethren will know it was you and you will be hunted and your life ended."

With that, Nerissa moved her hands up to her helm and with a series of satisfying whooshes, she began to pull it off her head. My flair for the mystery was fully satisfied as Nerissa began to remove her helm.

Once removed and I stared at her face, I was silent. Something about the woman's face left me with an uncanny feeling. I have had the utmost fortune to be surrounded by beautiful women my entire life, but this woman's beauty did not seem real for some strange reason.

Her hair was green and curled almost perfectly, looking soft and luxurious. Her eyes were large and occasionally changed colour from a beautiful deep green to an amethyst purple that flickered beautifully in the light. Her eyelashes were long and full and her eyebrows were thin without a single hair out of place. Her lips stood out upon her face, they were plump and inviting, almost as though they were made for the soul purpose to kiss. Even her green skin looked lush and radiant and full to the brim with the vitality of a twenty year old, let alone someone claiming to be over 200,000 years old.

All her features were beautifully put together into what made the attractive woman before me, but that was the thing, they looked put together.

"A-a." I stammered, confused by what I was seeing. "Are you alive? No sorry wrong question. Are you flesh and blood? I am sorry if this comes across as an insult, but you dont look... real?"

Nerissa smiled with a pleasant charm on her face. "Intriguing. The last human to see my face did not react so pleasantly, never mind managed to figure out my secret. To put it plainly, yes Apollo, I am alive. I am flesh and blood the same as you are. I feel, think, and hurt from time to time, but the main difference is that while you were born, I was made though the Psionic might of the beings I once called gods."

She then smiled as she looked away, as though remembering something pleasant before looking back at me.

"I am no Human as you can quite obviously tell. I am a Nymph, Servant and cup bearer to the Goddess formerly known as Apollo."