“Safe from what?” Lani’s courage was quickly fading, being replaced by fear.
“Safe from them Lani. The Nocturne. They want your soul and they will do anything to get it.” He said, far too coolly in Lani’s opinion. This should be a panic time, not cool and collected.
“What? Why?! Who are they?” Lani took a step away from him.
“Demons. They’re coming for you and I am here to stop them.”
“What do you mean they’re coming for me?! Why me?” Lani stuttered.
“Because of your gift. There are other people in the world like you. Not exactly the same gifts, but that have gifts of their own. The Nocturne make it their job to hunt down those with gifs, and take their soul which also takes the gift attached to that soul. They take it and distribute it amongst the Nocturne.” Missalea explained. “If they claim all of the gifted souls, they will throw the Earth into an Eternal darkness.”
Lani sat down heavily on the ground.
“Right.”
Her mind was spinning and she felt somewhat dizzy.
“So, how are you protecting me?” She asked.
“I am Chiaro. I am the opposite of Nocturne. Where light goes, darkness is erased. So with me here, Nocturne should not be able to reach you, but only when I am in your mind. We exist in different worlds. I am a spirit. I can’t exist in your world without a host, or by appearing in other’ minds while they sleep. So you are still at risk during the day, although… There is an emergency procedure that I can perform if necessary but it… it has very high risks…” Missalea said sadly.
“Okay… Is there anything else to be done if I am… attacked or whatever during the day?” Lani asked, chewing her finger nails.
“I can use a host. As long as I am in contact with you, whether physically or mentally, they cannot touch you.”
“What happens to the host?” Her mind was buzzing with questions.
“A human mind… is not meant to be breached by spirits in that ways. If it is, the mind of that body is often destroyed, or left irreparably unstable.” Missalea’s voice was tinged with pain and Lani wondered how many times he had had to do that.
“So… they’re killed or left insane?”
