ooc: the thorns were the life spirit, bringing forth instant life and healing wounds but not pain, and the fire spirit things fine, to explain cyph's dissipating in smokes place, the dissipation is a dark defense mechanism of sorts any non meteora rapidly dissipates when touching the hilt, a meteora will slowly if the spirits are using their powers as they touch the hilt, the dissipation conftinues until either a meteora holds the sword, or the one who grabbed the hilt is...well gone forever : p
smoke looked around "darkness and trees....must you two dissappear and bring me into the hilt?.....let me out and reappear...NOW..."