'How can I help?' Damon asked anxiously. He didn't like the idea of Talia being tested without him around.
'Use your bond,' Astraea said to Damon. 'Send to your mate and your child confidence, support, love, and whatever else you want to give them. Open your mind and feel the world around you. Let your instincts guide you…'
Astraea started chanting melodiously, and Talia thought how it resembled the song of the Wilkow sisters.
'What is that?' Talia asked.
'When we use our energy, we do it with a thought. Mindless energies need to be coaxed to cooperate if we don't want to risk them turning hostile,' Astraea responded. 'This song lures them in and allows us to channel it as our own.'
'I heard something similar when five sisters boosted the energies to help us fight the Guardians,' Talia said.
Astraea's features hardened. 'The Guardians? Those halflings dare to call themselves as such?'
