~Ossanlin~
<Ah...well that is a very long story, but I can attempt to sum it up. It started here in fact. I was no more than a regular Andalite when I found this place. I was already Captain of the Tyrennian, but as yet unproven. Most of my charges respected me, but all of my Princes and many if not most of my Warriors were older than I. It caused some tension, but that's a different story.>
Ossanlin pauses to taste the grass a moment as trees begin to pass by he and Efaen on either side. <Not on my first visit, but nearly so, I encountered a strange creature. She appeared as an Andalite, only silver in colouration from stalks to tail-blade...even her hooves were silver. She described herself as a Silver Blade Andalite, an Andalite touched by the Ellimist Himself. I was skeptical, but she demonstrated abilities that were beyond imagination. She called herself rather simply...Steph. She said she had once been normal like myself, but she and her mate had nearly died in a crash-landing. The Ellimist saved their lives and gave them these abilities as well as the ability to pass this power on. After speaking for a time, she produced an Escafil-like device and asked me to place my hand on one side to receive the gift. I did.>
Ossanlin closes his eyes, revelling in the feeling of the wind moving across his face. <There was a commotion in the bar during the process and I lost my concentration. The process was aborted midway. I ended up with a partial transformation. Under normal circumstances, I was myself, but under extreme duress, I became a Silver Blade. I could not control when I "ascended" as I call it. I gained many abilities when in that form, you have witnessed some of them.>
<Not so long ago, again in this place...> Ossanlin gestures around the planetoid to indicate the bar. <...The Ellimist Himself revealed an incarnation to me. It was not his whole being certainly as that would've destroyed me with its very presence, but enough so that he could converse with me. You know of the Game with Crayak I'm sure. Well Silver Blades are key agents for the Ellimist. He gave me a greater understanding of the abilities I could use whilst in my ascended state, and with it, the gift of being able to control when I ascend and for how long. Of course this uses a great amount of energy and that certainly has its down-sides.> He pauses for a moment. <That's the short version I suppose.> He smiles again in Efaen's direction, waiting for her to make the next effort at conversation.