Brone watched her casually consume the tendrils of darkness as if they were mere finger food. Then she placed some of the tendrils into his hand, but he couldn't feel it; they simple faded through his hand as if it was simply smoke. "Aye, I've seen some stranger things, lass, ye don't have to worry" Brone chuckled; he was indeed telling the truth, for he recalls seeing Kaito himself devouring the energy of a rogue magical portal, but such abilities were only known to Dragon Slayers, and they were rare as it was. He wanted to ask her if she was a dragon slayer, but Lumikki began her explanation already, though not confirming his suspicion.
As Lumikki went on, her demeanor slowly changed, as if she was lost in a daze as she spoke, returning to the past; Brone realized this and figured it was due to the lost of her Nan, which was a surprise to him. He wasn't aware that Nan had passed away, he didn't even initially known that so much time had passed since he had visited the family. The atmosphere had changed, became darker figuratively and literally. A dark haze trailed from Lumikki, seeming without her knowing, it was grasping at the rest of them.
"Interesting" Benimaru said as he noticed his flame began to flicker, but when it started to dim, he felt his energy being drained and began to slowly descend to the floor, "Interesting indeed" he voice echoed before he gave a weak chuckle.
"Is everything alright?" Gnicholas asked as when he noticed his only source of light had dimmed, but when he looked back at the party, everything seem to have fell into darkness save for the little bit of light above Benimaru's head. He could barely see Brone, but Lumikkie was already gone, "Hold on, I'll get my lantern" he said as he stopped to drop his backpack, but before he could look into it, the haze of darkness enveloped him, "What's going on!? I can't see! Brone use your axe and cut through this magic!" the gnome began to panic. He realized this was some form of magic the way the darkness seem too thick and the cold air it brought was too sudden.
"Oh, Snowflake" Brone voice was calm and sadden as he slowly moved to Lumikki. He wasn't sure how this magic of hers was working, for his knowledge on such things was very limited, but he knew well that it was magic; though Benimaru and Gnicholas couldn't see through magical darkness, the dwarf was able to, and for that, he was able to see the purple hue in the shadows. "I'm so sorry, lass" he reached out a hand and gently places it on her shoulder, she was cold to the touch, but the cold darkness didn't bother him as much as the trouble his niece was going through, "Whatever or whoever it is, we can figure a way to get through it; I have voices in my head too, one of them is just too loud at times" he tried to make a lighthearted joke to better the mood despite the immense amount of cold darkness that was pouring from his niece. Brone heard Gnicholas, and he could bring forth Spellcleaver to negate the magic in the air, but he didn't want to upset his niece, he didn't want her to feel as if she caused any trouble or startle her.
Though Brone wasn't blinded, for his eyes could see through such darkness, and his magical equipment kept him from freezing, he knew Gnicholas and Benimaru weren't handling the situation too well, "Ye have strong magic here, lass, I'm greatly impressed, but if ye could, can you pull it back, the others can't handle the clan's might" his voice was still calm; he gave a smile, hoping it was enough to bring Lumikki back to the present.