Once more with feeling/Logs/Small Group/In Denandsor/Dhiren and Nuwa (while Dhiren is at the Palace of Infinite Desire)
[18:38] Nuwa: Feeling echoes of strange feelings through the bond, as of something strong subjected to great pressure, only mental instead of tactile, Nuwa looks up from her meditation. *Dhiren ...* she sends the lightest of thoughts through the bond. *Is everything alright?*
[18:40] Dhiren: *Yes,* Dhiren answers, though his mental voice is strained. *It's part of my trials. I have to resist the effects of the manse as long as possible...*
[18:45] Nuwa: There is a bit of concern in Nuwa's thoughts. *That feels like a strange test. What happens if they win?*
[18:48] Dhiren: *There's two parts, to see how long I can resist, and to see what I do when I can't resist anymore.*
[18:51] Dhiren: *Li says it affects everyone a little differently.*
[18:52] Nuwa: A sense as of an understanding nod. *Testing your clarity and strength of mind is a noble endeavour, if difficult to draw the right conclusions from. Li is there as observing teacher?*
[18:59] Dhiren: *He had something else to do, but he's having Sakura watch me.* [19:03] Nuwa: *Since the test has begun you must trust her to watch over you.* Standing far away in one of the training circles of her manse Nuwa smiles. *I will not distract you from your test then.*
[19:05] Dhiren: Dhiren gives a mental nod. *I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to resist, though...*
[19:06] Nuwa: *You are strong in every way, Dhiren. I believe in you. And to catch you if you fall, that is what teachers are for.*
[19:08] Nuwa: The mental connection grows a little thinner. *I'll close my mind so yours can be clear. Speak to me when I can stop, I'll still hear you.*
[19:08] Dhiren: *Okay.*
[19:20] Dhiren: A few hours later, Nuwa suddenly feels an enormous rush of pleasure from Dhiren, so strong that it arouses a sympathetic reaction.
[19:30] Nuwa: Knowing this to be an inevitable fact of their bond Nuwa does not resist, letting the feeling simply flow through her and out into the world. Her meditation interrupted she remains sitting nonetheless. Whatever magics Dhiren is testing himself with, she will give him quiet and privacy for it.
[19:38] Dhiren: The feeling comes again a few minutes later. And again...
[19:43] Nuwa: After the third time Nuwa lets a word catch the etheric winds and flow in his direction. *Dhiren?*
[19:46] Dhiren: There's a sense of alarm and guilt over the bond *N-Nuwa... I'm sorry... I wanted to do this with you... but...*
[19:49] Nuwa: *Do what? Is this part of your testing?* There is the sense of Nuwa blushing a little. *It's distracting,* she admits shyly.
[19:53] Dhiren: *I... I guess you could say that,* Dhiren answers. *The manse is... I'm... well... please don't be angry at me," he says, and then sends her a brief montage of sights, sounds, sensations: a Priestess of Venus slowly disrobing, the whisper of silken sheets...
