Eli merely smirked, his eyes never once wavering from Koty, even though it hurt him to know his brother wanted to kill him, it hurt knowing his brother would never accept him, never love him like their "parents" if they were to have any had intended. It hurt, under the circumstances, knowing that his brother hated him with every cell in his body. It hurt, just plain old hurt, that his brother would never care or love him the way Eli did towards him.
Alaskarine felt her frame waver for just a second as the pure and raw power of emotions flowed through her in the pulse that Koty sent out. Sure, Koty was not part of her empire, he was nothing to her, but the emotions? They were. Pure and raw, unedited emotions, something Alaskarine lived off of, breathed off of. Her entire lifeline was based on these human feelings, the staggeringly powerful chemicals that would send a human on the verge of destruction. Funny thing was, Alaskarine would be happy with any emotions given to her.
Humans were such merciless, but caring, creatures. They were selfish, selfless, they cared and they hated, they loved and they mistreated. They lied, stole, they forgave, they worshiped what they couldn't see, they fell in love with people when it wasn't meant to be. They held on to people who would never deserve them, or cared for people...who would never return it. Humans were always going at someone's throat, teenagers were finding ways to fight and screw one another over. But the best part of it all, of this sitcom-esque power or urge to fulfill one's self, was the way the humans thought of their actions. That they were doing good or that they weren't harming anyone else, even though they were. If they didn't know it, they still did it, not caring, not thinking. And Alaskarine lived off of this.
She lived off of the love for another human, she lived off of the hate. Her lifeline, the feelings she felt on the top of her skin like goosebumps were derived from heart break, betrayal. Deep down inside she felt depression, epic loss of a loved one, despair, anger (pure and ruthless anger), and she felt the state of being so happy, like when you fell in love with someone and thought of marrying them or raising children. All of these "pathetic" human emotions were felt all around her, even when they were far away. She felt everything, like a mosquito or a fly, on the tips of her skin, on the very edges of her senses. The strongest and the closest were what affected her the most.
Like the power of Koty, the longing to be free, the calling of a loved one. It reminded her of all the teenagers that felt despair towards someone they cared about, the loss of someone close to them, the heartbreak. It passed through her veins sending sparks coursing through her entire being, making her heart stagger as she felt the pang of loss and love. She was used to this, and suddenly, out of nowhere, she felt her alliance shift just slightly enough to where she looked at Koty, her green eyes turned dark and jungle like with the tears in her eyes. It was weird, as she was never struck with such emotions such as this. If she were to look at herself, all she would think of is the 16 year old girl who cried, whose icy blue eyes turned dark and scary as she cried, as her eyes became pinkish in hue and tone as her pain seeped through her tear ducts, the girl who she remembered from Alix's memories. It was frightening, especially to watch as her own skin turned blue and her facial expressions tinged with sadness at the embodiment's own emotions and feelings. It tore her.
