[Training] [SE] What we take into the dark

Tal's reaction made Edmund's lips twitch, not having expected the exclamation. As the spar intensified the Ancient wasn't able to respond immediately. The courier's foot planting on his chest held his attention. Although Tal wasn't able to push him back or hit him with much force. Barely reacting apart form a slight rush of air leaving his lungs, Edmund attempted to grab hold of Talyson's ankle to trap the other man. Simultaneously he stabbed the blunt end of his weapon at the older man's side. "Yes. I was an Abandoned and went to Mother to request rebirth." The Ancient smiled softly, "She accepted me." The transformation from human to Ancient had been intense. Overwhelming and intimate as everything that he had once been burned away and reforged into something greater. The resulting bloodlust had been all encompassing thought Edmund quickly pushed away the memory of the man he'd killed in the process. Edmund Reborn In Fire