It’s a strange ask and a stranger task, reaching back to the few years he spent in study decades ago. Rarely discussed.
The conspiracy charge looming over them both doesn’t help clear his focus, steady pressure as stifling to clarity as it is a driving force behind recall. Dumb disconnect sits odd in the bones of his face -- he starts to answer and stops himself.
"Divine magic is vested into mortals by the gods," he says, slowly. "Arcane magic is most often achieved by manipulation of aether through study."
This, distilled down, sounds right to his ears, jutted with shame and stuffed with whiskey cotton as they are.
"I studied, at night, with books stolen from the university library. I can summon her in many forms, but the binding itself is difficult to explain. I can feel -- " he reaches first for his temple and then more honestly for his vest, "her absence." It's necessary for him to clarify in the next beat: "It's considered unimpressive, for someone my age."
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Date: 2021-02-28 11:13 pm (UTC)The conspiracy charge looming over them both doesn’t help clear his focus, steady pressure as stifling to clarity as it is a driving force behind recall. Dumb disconnect sits odd in the bones of his face -- he starts to answer and stops himself.
"Divine magic is vested into mortals by the gods," he says, slowly. "Arcane magic is most often achieved by manipulation of aether through study."
This, distilled down, sounds right to his ears, jutted with shame and stuffed with whiskey cotton as they are.
"I studied, at night, with books stolen from the university library. I can summon her in many forms, but the binding itself is difficult to explain. I can feel -- " he reaches first for his temple and then more honestly for his vest, "her absence." It's necessary for him to clarify in the next beat: "It's considered unimpressive, for someone my age."