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Sela tilted their head to their right, wondering if they misspoke or was unclear.

"Being able to manipulate the awake world is more useful here. It gives you influence and power. I can't create dreams. I can only control my own and have people join or visit them... or bring stuff from my dreams to other people's. I'm stronger when asleep. What can you do?"
 

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Naisis had misunderstood what Sela had said, thinking they could create dreams. Still, being able to have others visit them was pretty impressive. She could not bring others into her's, nor could she enter or even view another's dream from Reality or the awake world as Sela called it.

When Sela said she could bring stuff to other people's dreams (at least that is what she thought Sela meant), she was intrigued.

"You can give others stuff from your dream?" she had better clarify that, "ah, you take something from your dream and give it to someone in their dream. And does it stay there after you leave?"

Then Sela put her on the spot. Naisis was uncomfortable talking about her abilities, especially to strangers, but it was only fair since she had asked Sela about theirs.

"In daylight, I am nothing more than a horse. In Reality, at nighttime, I can alter the appearance of it, only in a bubble of one stride around me," she did some quick calculations, "that is about ten feet or three meters. I can not remove anything that is there, just disguise it. I can cause anything I create to seem like it is real such as a table," she flared her horn (small cone of smoke and golden fire) to create a small end table. Searching around, she found a small paper cup and put it on the table. "as well as other things, but they can only affect those in my sphere. Once outside, they cease to exist. I can change what the environment looks like, " with another flair of he horn, a full moon appeared just above the horizon in the sky over her shoulder, "but it is all an illusion."

To demonstrate, she turned and walked away from Sela. When she got ten feet from them, the moon disappeared, ten feet from the table, it vanished.

Turning back to Sela, she shrugged, "it is all an illusion."
 

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"You are correct, and my objects can stay if the dreamer allows it."

Sela listened quietly and patiently as Naisiskhrea explained what she could do. Their excitement in their voice more than made up for the lack of expression on their face. "Illusions are very powerful. To trick the senses and control the perception of others is a potent ability that should be highly valued. Do you not value that?"
 
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To be able to create objects, even dream objects, that existed now that was powerful. So, why were they all excited by Naisis's ability to make illusions? They were just illusions and nothing more. The way Sela was talking, it sounded like something spectacular. The more she thought about it, the more she realized they were spectacular - well - at least useful, especially to someone that did not have that ability.

"well - I do, but not for the power, for the good I can do when I am allowed. And not so much in Reality, but in the dreams themselves."

There were those that thought what she does was wrong.
 

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Sela's voice lost its enthusiasm with their reply. Their tone took on more of the quality of a pouting child. "I don't care about what good I can do with my powers. I like having fun. People care too much about good and bad here and that's too restrictive. I'm too weak to go against the restrictions. For now."
 

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The sudden change of Sela startled Naisis. She had dealt with many kinds of people in the past, but they were quite different from them. That last part of what they said had an ominous undertone to it. Naisis was not sure how to reply, so she decided to remain neutral with a touch of her own experiences.

"Having fun is good, but I am glad there are restrictions. I know of those whos fun is destroying all life," she thought of Azure in particular.

My fun is scaring the hell out of people."

She grinned at how literal her statement was.
 

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Sela made a noticeable frown. "I don't like the restrictions here. I don't like scaring people either. I like having fun and having fun with other people. Unless they make me angry. If I tried to scare them, I might get in trouble for harassment or mental assault. That's why restrictions are bad."

Their words were not the most delicately or smoothly put, but they felt like their point was made: how could Naisiskhrea enjoy restrictions if those restrictions went against her fun?
 

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Sela's mention of getting into trouble by harassment and mental assault caused Nasisi to make a sour face. She has done a few things that could be considered harassment. It would be a good idea to go to those and make things right, if possible.

She smiled and nodded. Sela had every right to her beliefs as she did hers, and she seriously doubted either would change the other.

With a shrug, she replied, "do I like them - no. Do they interfere with my fun - yes. But, I do have a fairly good idea of what would happen to me if they were not there. That is something I do not want to find out."

She was somber as she thought about it. With a shake of her head to drive out those thoughts, she smiled at Sela, "Well, you know what I consider fun, although I reserve the terrifying stuff to a few of my favorite people. So, what do you consider fun?"
 

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Sela was disappointed to see someone so similar to them hold such a differing perspective. It wasn't enough to end a conversation over or be angry at, yet it pushed Naisiskhrea towards being just another Manta Carlos citizen.

"I like exploring new places and telling stories. Stores and abandoned buildings are the most fun to explore here because they're so large and sometimes very crowded or very empty. I like hunting too."
 

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Somehow Naisis suspected Sela was disappointed in her, in a way, so was she. But, now was not the time, but someday soon, she would confront both monsters: the one inside her and the one that made her this.

She smiled at the thought of a large dark empty building, but to compare them to stories.

"I like hiding from the Sun in dark buildings," she replied softly.

Stories intrigued her especially Sela's description of them. Then they mentioned they like to hunt. What could Sela possibly hunt and did she want to know?

She sat down and looked up to Sela like a child to an elder, "What kind of stories do you like, and do you have any?"