Kaelira nodded, grateful for the shift back to something she could actually articulate without combusting. She blinked once and focused on the status window that only she could see.
"The 3x experience multiplier is listed. So is the aging halt. Both are active right now."
"Those were the old buffs my seed gave," Quinlan murmured, his thumb tracing a slow, absent circle against her abs. "But only through the real deal."
Kaelira's breath hitched at the motion, but she pushed through. "Y-yes…"
"This pill is amazing," Quinlan said, and his tone shifted as the tactical part of his mind engaged. "It'll be useful not just for allies who don't want the D-"
Kaelira's left red ear twitched.
"-but for you girls as well. There might be stretches where we don't see each other for more than seventy-two hours, where the buff would wear off. But if you can supplement with pills in between, you stay buffed longer."
