[ Macaque felt the shadow user pinging his awareness, how could he not? But he learned from Cole to keep his distance, not make himself noticed. He's monitoring things, that's all, mostly because he can't avoid doing that. Nothing seems especially amiss, until-- ]
[ He forgets all about whoever's doing shadow magic in this little messed up fake corner of "reality" when he hears Choco cry out in distress, and then before he knows it he's at her side. Not touching her but wanting to, knowing that will make matters worse. ]
Choco-- I'm here. [ He can guess that it's some telepathic connection? Maybe? By the way she's holding the back of her neck like she did when MK mistakenly tried that with her, but if he tries to confirm that or even throw the intruder out, it will be another voice in her head and that's a no-go. So he's stuck using just his voice. ]
[ He does his best to set up a mental shield around Choco, layers and layers of magic and glamours that remove her from whoever's mental awareness without touching her directly, which could possibly break the connection. ]
Hang on, I'm trying something. Just breathe, I'll get them out. [ He's not sure of any such thing, but he's sure gonna try. ]
Re: THE CITY ...
[ He forgets all about whoever's doing shadow magic in this little messed up fake corner of "reality" when he hears Choco cry out in distress, and then before he knows it he's at her side. Not touching her but wanting to, knowing that will make matters worse. ]
Choco-- I'm here. [ He can guess that it's some telepathic connection? Maybe? By the way she's holding the back of her neck like she did when MK mistakenly tried that with her, but if he tries to confirm that or even throw the intruder out, it will be another voice in her head and that's a no-go. So he's stuck using just his voice. ]
[ He does his best to set up a mental shield around Choco, layers and layers of magic and glamours that remove her from whoever's mental awareness without touching her directly, which could possibly break the connection. ]
Hang on, I'm trying something. Just breathe, I'll get them out. [ He's not sure of any such thing, but he's sure gonna try. ]