Getting over Grudges [Santa/Calypso]

The quiet moment was shattered when a woman descended from sky, and landed less than a mile away from Santa. It was quite the entrance, though far enough and fast enough that the precise identification of the woman was hard to nail down. That was, until she would suddenly appear in front of Santa. Casual clothes and light purple eyes, Calypso looked and felt wildly different from their last meeting.

"Santa! Hey! It's been a while since you've been around. How have you been doing?"

Calypso was not stupid, and so when Santa gave her that tone, she accepted that the actual negative feelings were not just a product of the moment but something Santa was clinging to. So she would shake her head and turn, to give the woman the space she wanted. But then, the other person spoke. Much more friendly and polite, Calypso wasn't so rude as to just leave.

"Host sounds permanent. I'm more like a friend she occasionally crashes in" Calypso explained, stepping forward to shake Ajora's hand. "Though, while it is lovely to meet you, Santa seems uncomfortable and upset. I know Hollows and Arrancar have bigger problems dealing with those emotions than a normal person does, so I would hate to exacerbate your present state"

"Ohh, I did. But only for a while. I fixed myself now, so I don't need her to move anymore, so she is free to persue other things. Still comes around sometimes, but I fixed what was broken" Calypso explained. And then Ajora stated that Santa's ego was bruised by Hvit's being Hvit, which was the source of all the distress.

"Ahh. Yea. She's...certainly like that. She's a Hollow of Pride, and as much maturity as she has these days, that is still the crux emotion that everything has formed around and everything is attached to. It leaks into my brain when she is around and makes me feel better about myself. Though, I don't know if I can actually put out as much as I feel I can with Hvit inside" she'd shake her head and flick her hair out so it would be less hot inside.

"I got that Calypso had a grump, but I felt it was just because the meeting was...sub-par. And that I could make this one a better meeting than the last one"

Scratching her head awkwardly, she didn't realize that Santa felt bad about being lesser. For Calypso, being shown something above you gave a goal to aspire to. She didn't think how Santa might have taken being on the other side.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you like that. That's just how I learned. When I fought my cousin Noctis, it gave me a feeling of what I wanted to aspire to. And I thought other people would like that as well, but there are a billion roads in Wulin, so I can see how it would be bad for some" Calypso apologised. And then she looked to the sky, when they mentioned how she arrived.

"The arrival, was me trying to get Lotus Stepping. I need the concept to learn Earth-Grasping Step, which I need to learn Ursa Takkeyeon. Martial Arts is a whole tree diagram of prerequisites. I wasn't trying to show off anything" she stated, trying to placate Santa. Which, also meant that she didn't at all mention the fact that she too was much stronger than before.

"You can have big dumb fancy whatever martial arts as well. Probably a lot quicker than me as well, that instant regeneration of yours lets you overcome the need to learn things in slow steps and stages" Calypso put in. Though, before she could go further with that, there was an interesting question. What was damaged?

She knew and could explain it to another Cultivator, but someone who was not even human would require more work. Biting her lip and taking her foot as she went through mental gymnastics to try and get the words right.

"My spine. Or, like...I guess the metaphysical concept of the energy running through the pathways that make up my spine. Some call them Chakras or Meridians or Gates, whatever you want to call it, it's that. Hvit's energy bridged the broken pathway and allowed me to develop over that. Cultivators like me constantly build and rebuild your pathways, layering over them a hundred times as you get stronger. So eventually I had developed that pathway enough that it didn't need Hvit holding it together anymore"

Shifting her feet and taking a leaning posture on the air, she'd look at the sky and think about Hvit. Surprisingly complex individual for how she seemed.
"Hvit is an extremely powerful Hollow of Pride, but she is also a mature woman. She likes people treating her as if she is the Queen and they are her subjects, but she also likes people wanting to be her equal. It can actually happen, she sees a few people that way. So while she is overbearing and solves issues with a sledgehammer, she can also care a great deal about people. Because she has to, as a Queen without subjects is just a pretentious hobo. A ruler's greatest treasure is their people, and only a fool cares little for their treasures"