Blackfeather Woods This is important.

The change happening within him had gone unnoticed—for the most part, anyways. Xan had never been the type to open up, he didn't quite understand most emotions in the sense that he'd had either no or little experience with them. So when he'd started to feel his wall falling down, the feeling was especially strange to him, but he'd thought little of it. His life had continued on, each day passing him by with different tasks presenting themselves. That day in particular he'd gone off in search of Nemesis, seeking out a lesson from her so that he might take another step closer to earning his own mark of the Brotherhood. There was a long ways for him to go, of course, but he was determined and didn't have much else to do anyways. When he'd reached the dark woman, though, he'd not been able to get even a single word in before Kendra had come running at them. She'd seemed... excitable? He wasn't quite sure what word could be used to accurately described how she was acting, but he knew it to be a good thing. No longer was she huddled up down in the darkness of the tunnels, but was instead embracing life again. At that, he could smile, but the expression was replaced quickly by one of confusion.

Kendra came in talking about the sex and what it was, resulting in the boy's brows having knitted together. He'd never considered asking such questions, figuring the information would just like... appear in his head when the time was right. Yet, apparently there was a chance for him to learn about everything before then, so he did not leave, but stayed there and looked to Nemesis with a questioning look in his gaze. The topic was neither skirted nor changed entirely, but confronted directly. The first bit about a female going into heat pulled from the back of his mind a memory, of a time in which he'd been lured to Venus by some unknown forces. "So this heat... it isn't magic or anything?" he'd blurted out, recalling his original belief. The woman had called to him in silence, beckoning him to her side, but had never explained why. She'd left him to think that it was indeed some sort of witchcraft, that upon him she'd placed a hex. It was a lie, and one that had made a fool out of him. At that, he found himself growing annoyed, but also relieved for no longer did the female reside within his home. Come to think of it, that was probably why the other male had also sought her out, and had challenged him for her attention. To Xan, it was a weird occurrence, and he wondered a number of things. "What makes someone go into heat?" the Inuit asked, taking the opportunity to learn all that he could. Honestly, he could have asked his father a while ago, but the topic had never been brought up. Now, however, it had already been presented by someone else, giving him ample time to get out every single query he held for Nemesis to answer.

There came an explanation then of how the sex worked, inspiring a whole new set of questions to form within the male's mind. "Where does it enter at? Why does it get stuck? Does it hurt when it's stuck in there?" He threw a glance to Kendra, but was quick to return his full attention to their personal sex ed. teacher. "What if you have to pee while stuck? Is it okay to like... pee inside of them?" That didn't seem quite right, but how would he know? Maybe it was totally normal—or even apart of the process! "Will something bad happen if you miss? Or, uh, fall over?" Xan wasn't yet sure how he felt about the sex. He definitely needed more details before making a conclusion about his feelings towards it. Maybe he could even try it out! Yeah, that could work. Then he'd know for sure if it was worth his time or not. First, though, he needed all of his questions answered. He needed to be prepared.