She had darkness. Not the same kind she had, no--it was different, but similar. Like the difference between the source of an echo and the echo itself, maybe. He raised his eyes to see the crate and didn't leap away--with both hands, he flicked out his wrists and caused a translucent shield to arc around him, shimmering with iridescence.

He wondered if it was straining to have to control her powers. Did she have to do a lot of meditating, a lot of training, just to be able to do this? Or did her darkness not have that much of an effect?