"Hush! Hush!" Jack said, smiling. Ten to the dozen, like someone else he knew. "One thing at time, D'athe. Fixed point, in time and space, with a surplus of life, that's me. Yeah, my girl's alive."
"As for the other thing..." Jack closed his eyes, focused the energy.
Opening his eyes, he stroked the back of D'athe's neck. With the vortex energy flowing from his fingers. He watched the creature's reaction.