Julia began reading the text, in a steady tone, the words coming easy to her
in a surprising rhythm that was familiar and not familiar to her and she
realized she'd heard some of the words before... somewhere else.
But she continued the reciting/reading and even swayed her hand a little in
the motion of spreading incense. Her tone and stance was steady and strong.
Derek watched Ria closely looking for any change that might come over her.
There seemed to be no change at first, but the longer Julia spoke the more
it appeared to affect the young woman. At first the changes were very
subtle. Derek continued to splash the water on her listening closely to the
words and willing them to work. For Hilario's spell to be broken. He was
proud of Julia's performance. She was doing very well and almost seemed to
be repeating the words from memory instead of reading them. If this didnt'
work, he wasn't sure what would.
Derek
