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His power was clearly strong enough to transcend such petty barriers as death and mortal life. She wondered if she would see that shadow again, in his whole and true form. Even Haku had been little more than a mask for the shade that lurked within him. She had seen a reflection of it, however faint and blurry, in Itachi. This had surprised her; the she-wolf had not know the man's blood had crossed into her mother's family before.
The younger woman spoke, and Eris rolled her shoulders in a jovial shrug. She had her idea; Eclipse had her own. It was of no consequence to Eris Eternity whether this Soulstorm girl was actually descendant of Haku Soul; in any case, the hybrid woman could see clearly enough, little of the taint that had thickened his blood and hurried him to his explosive end had manifested in this pale, pretty daughter -- if, indeed, she was daughter, and not grand-daughter or even great-grand-daughter. The sable woman's smile hadn't dimmed, and her response was courteous enough. One may never really know, she said, though it was not dismissive.
The girl's next question did intrigue Eris, and the hybrid thought a moment on it, tilting her head slowly to one side as she did so, ending up with her neck half-way cricked. Righting herself, she grinned more broadly, now openly speaking in riddle. There was something inside him, girlie. Something great and big and... dare I say, god-like? she said, chuckling. Maybe just a piece of a god, Eris added, musing on this very possible idea. No god's blood ran in her veins, but that she herself was not something did not negate its possibility in the rest of the wide world. It was a wonder she hadn't considered it before.
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