She had... obviously misunderstood, and right away she felt stupid. If the hyena woman was able to visibly blush from the embarassment of that, she would be, but any hint of color to her face was luckily hidden under her fur. But that only made her more determined to do this if he was correct. The hyena woman focused then, instead of using force, she used her mind. She concentrated her power and magic on her gem -- focusing as hard as she could. The poor thing hadn't ever been very good at shows of magic, but soon enough, it worked.

There was definitely a feeling involved, but it was more like a pressure than a pain as her gem cracked and chipped almost on it's own accord. The small stone piece shed, it fell into the ground, hitting with a gentle sound and rolling in between her and Damian. It was black and smooth, like Lux's own gem was.

She coulldn't help but just stare at it for a long second, before beginning to laugh with a sense of disbelief. "It worked... I really thought you were bullshitting me."

Her eyes watched curiously as he scooped up the gem that she had shed onto the ground, his hand clutching it. ”Lux.” She gave her own name short and sweet – no ‘nice to meet you’ or anything of the sort. This situation was beyond just a little bit weird, and she still felt as if there was something off about this male despite agreeing somehow to go alone with his plan. Maybe she was still just naïve and impressionable, or something.

”I don’t know, you just seem like the kind of guy who would have something up his sleeve.” She replied to him, a little bluntly, but not regretting it. Maybe she was judging a book by it’s over, but it was hard not to. His form was unnatural, in her eyes – his wings out of place and almost demonic in appearance. She would go as far to maybe think he was scary, even if she would never give him the pride of admitting that out loud.

Then, tilting her head a little, she questioned. "Is it working?" It didn't seem like much was happening, and she wasn't sure if it was supposed to be like that from the outside.

Lux wasn't sure exactly what she'd been expecting, but when he launched himself into the air with the gem, she couldn't help but let out a startled. "Hey! Wait! You can't just--" But he was already a good distance away by the time she reacted enough to speak. She took a few quick bounds after him before she stopped herself from pursuing completely, heart sinking in her chest a little bit. She hadn't even really had a chance to speak to him about what it all meant... she'd honestly figured that she would take that gem and put it with her collar.

... Her collar! Lux yipped with realization, turning and running back to the gemstone she'd left laying on the ground. She reached herself down, taking the collar-shaped gemstone gently in her teeth and lifting it up. She needed to find a safe place for this, to grow and blossom into a child without interferance. She didn't have time to pursue the beast, at least not now. In the future, however -- if she found him, she would have a few things to say about him stealing the child away without much warning.