Chapter 63

After that, my day was quite normal.

I took it upon myself to begin my new responsibilities, and cleaned the kitchen and the dining room before I left for the Mall.

I stayed in the real world for the most part and studied the auras of the people around me. The shop was busier now, so Tiff and I could not play as often. But that allowed me to pay more attention to the auras around me.

I began to see the patterns. Very young children had no aura at all. Adolescents developed a scent built of the various pieces of their attraction. As people age, their scent solidified and became color. Tones deepend, never faded. Only those who had lost all desire had auras so dark I could not see the colors. Most of them were very old.

And yet, not all of the elderly were colorless. Many who seemed aged and hardly able to move had vibrant colors. So long as desire had a place in their hearts, their auras still shone true.

The ratio of scent and color seemed to matter when pairing people as much as the colors and fragrances themselves. The more more they shared in common, the better they blended - although, some auras that were very different seemed to mix beautifully.