"You got my last shipment, I see," Vondra mused aloud as she entered the room. Audric glanced up from his recent tome, grinning a little as she frowned a touch at the state of his reading room. "Finding the cure for immortality is not neat work, my dear protector," the elder states before she can lecture him. She lets out a laugh, settling into her accustomed place - his shadow. "You know, the others are not happy about what we're doing," she says in a conversational tone, watching the blonde's head bow over his book once more. She didn't need to see his hand to know his fingers had began to fiddle with the hilt of his sword. "There was a time you'd have agreed with them," he replies finally. He can hear the leather coat she favors complain as she shrugs. "Guess some learn that immortality is a curse quicker than others, Eminence." He ignores the outdated title and returns to the tome. While interesting, he was beginning to suspect this one was a dead end, too. "And if they decide to try to stop us...Again?" He chuckles, tossing the book over his shoulder only to grab up yet another. "That is what I have you for, my dear." --------- Audric and Vondra are a couple of characters who have been bumping around in my head for about seven years, now. I've never been able to figure out a proper story for them, but after listening to a little too much Angels by Within Temptation I decided to make a graphic for them :-) Graphic took a full week to compose, render and post-work. Face and body morphs for both M4 and V4 done by myself specifically for this graphic. Posing, expressions, lighting, and background also done by myself. Rendered in Poser Pro 2010, postwork done in Photoshop Seven. As always, comments and constructive critique are welcome. Lisa