[She practically takes the words right out of his mouth. Maybe aside from the compelling pull he feels to make love to her that isn't his own feelings, the good thing about it is that at least it might(?) enhance their abilities to fight back. Guess there's nothing left to do but test it out.]

I haven't tried since a few weeks ago while I was recovering. I suppose it's as the old Fontaine saying goes, there's no time like the present.

[Ajax quiets himself, closing his eyes and concentrating on that power he'd felt before. Something dark, heavy, and hungry seems to well inside of him, and the aura around his body begins to faintly glow with a shade of the night sky that's reminiscent of the marks left across the police station and his apartment that had been ripped to pieces by another monster of the Abyss. It's not strong, but he can feel the gaping maws of something evil inside of him, ready to come to the surface, only waiting for the right moment to strike.

It scares him down to his very core, feeling the presence of something ancient and otherworldly inhabiting him. A vision of a solitary orb fills his mind, and Ajax's breath stops in terror as he holds his own breath while he stares into that lifeless, cold eye.

His eyes snap open in a flash, the aura fading as he finds himself gasping for breath, hunched over with a hand on his chest.

What was that?]