Igor was inside his house whilst Ateara still stood outside, he was trying to figure out who Igor was and how he knows so much. Suddenly he jumped at the sound of his name being called out, "Ateara!" Igor yelled "Do you plan on sleeping out there, because I do have space in here"
"Oh yeah of cause be right there" Ateara responded, still thinking.
Ateara couldn't stop thinking about what Igor said 'I've been around for longer than you think'. "He couldn't be...?" Ateara muttered under his breath "I have got to find out somehow" he hadn't realized how loud he was actually talking.
"Sorry...what were you saying?" Igor asked
"Oh...err...Ermm...nothing I was just muttering to myself, I do it sometimes, it helps me think and often remember things." Ateara said coolly, not knowing that Igor had heard every word.
As Ateara walked on through the house, he was surprised at how big and sturdy it was.
"Is it me or is it actually bigger on the inside, how have you managed that?" Ateara asked with eyes wide open.
Igor chuckled "yeah I made it that way but it's not easy. I've learned a lot over the years."
"Which brings me to my question how long have you been around and how long have you been on your own?" Ateara asked curiously.
Igor stiffened for a short while, then walked to the kitchen in silence to cook some food. Ateara didn't know what to do but to keep quiet and just sit down watching him moving about the kitchen. He was acting like he had upset him somehow by his question.
Ateara saw Igor plating up and decided to get up and help, but he was already at the table. They both sat in silence eating. Ateara decided to break the silence and apologize "I'm sorry if you are upset, but you aren't alone anymore, you can talk to me anything, that I could learn from you and you could be like my mentor"
Igor slowly lifted his head and looked at Ateara. He stopped eating and just smiled.
Although the night was quiet, Ateara had a couple of restless nights thinking about what could be troubling Igor, most nights he just lay there.
One morning Ateara woke up before Igor and he decided to snoop around to see what he could find but he found nothing, so he headed out of the room. He only got as far as the doorway when he noticed something hidden in the crack of the wall besides the dresser. As he turned around he heard Igor wake up so he took one last look and he walked out and bumped into Igor.
"Oh hi...I mean morning did I wake you?" asked Ateara.
"Oh it's not a problem, but it is nice to wake up to see another person's face." Igor said smiling "Oh by the way you won't find anything about me anywhere here."
"But...how did y..."Ateara started "oh never mind" and they walked in opposite directions.
Ateara headed down to the kitchen to make himself a drink, Igor soon followed behind, "So are you always up this early"
"Erm...yeah sometimes, I just couldn't really sleep been tossing and turning all night" Ateara said.
"You don't have to be so nervous around me Ateara, I won't bite you" Igor said calmly, "I know you were trying to look for something"
"You do! Are you a mind reader?" Asked Ateara
"Well yeah I can but I can't seem to read yours, which is quite strange it's never happened before"
"Oh really, well that's because my dad taught me how to control my telepathy and also my other gift is that I'm a shield."
"Wow!" Igor said "that's amazing, think I could learn a thing or two from you I wish I had another gift as well"
"Oh you don't, do you mind if I look into your mind to see if I can trigger it?"
"Yeah sure, go ahead." Igor said agreeingly.
As Ateara walked over to him he sat directly in front of him face to face and placed both his hands on either side of his head.
"Just so you know I'm not entirely sure if this will work. I've only just read about it and it might also help my focus if you relax a bit more" Ateara said comfortingly.
Igor just smiled trustingly.
Ateara started to concentrate and focused on Igor's mind, at first nothing happened, but after a long while he felt something and got a glimpse, but couldn't really make out what it was, it passed too quickly.
So Ateara concentrated harder and stuttered out "It's something you can manipulate" As he focused.
"What can I manipulate?" Igor asked anxiously.
"Sssh!! I need to concentrate" Ateara said, he went quiet Ateara was able to see something enough to know what it was and how to activate it.
"Igor, wow! Your gifts are certainly special and very rare..." he said excitedly. "What is it?" Igor interrupted.
"You have the gift to manipulate Air"
"Wow, I like the sound of that" Igor said "but how do I trigger it?" he asked
"As it happens I manage to figure that out before breaking the connection and it seems pretty easy, but we will soon find out," Ateara said.