"No, you cannot touch them. Hey!"

Apparently, his words had been swallowed into Nothing. No sooner than had he expressly forbidden it was the summoner’s hand tracing along his thigh. He caught her, holding her aloft by her wrists, and the young woman pouted.

"Please?" she asked, "They’re beautiful... I’ve never seen-"

"No."

He dropped her and she oomphed. Left to her own devices, she was soon etching runes in the air. Kain scowled.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to see how they’re enchanted…"

"Damn it, Rydia, no!" The dragoon snapped, "Cecil! Your summoner keeps messing with my tattoos!"