That's where my portal opened up to, back when I fell into your cave and everything. Mine went back to the island.
[But she's quiet, because there's something that's been nagging at her for a long time, something she'd thought once and carefully buried but never quite forgot about.]
You know, he said he wanted me because my magic was like his. So if he could control me, he could use me as like, a subcontractor. More magic, bigger spells.
...I've always kind of wondered if that means I could learn the same spell that he used, someday. If we're the same, I mean, and he can pull people across worlds. I wonder if that means I could, too.
[Okay, so... this is definitely the kind of optimism he likes to hear. None of that hollow, goody and hopeful shit. Something more manageable, something with hard work attached to it.
It gets the barest bits of a smile to tug the corners of his lips up.] Probably. If you magic is similar to his own, then you can do whatever he can do with practice and fine tuning.
You should try.
Elizabeth was convinced she wasn't able to open her tears here, and then I made her try. They aren't stable... but she can open them, something she couldn't do before.
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[But she's quiet, because there's something that's been nagging at her for a long time, something she'd thought once and carefully buried but never quite forgot about.]
You know, he said he wanted me because my magic was like his. So if he could control me, he could use me as like, a subcontractor. More magic, bigger spells.
...I've always kind of wondered if that means I could learn the same spell that he used, someday. If we're the same, I mean, and he can pull people across worlds. I wonder if that means I could, too.
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It gets the barest bits of a smile to tug the corners of his lips up.] Probably. If you magic is similar to his own, then you can do whatever he can do with practice and fine tuning.
You should try.
Elizabeth was convinced she wasn't able to open her tears here, and then I made her try. They aren't stable... but she can open them, something she couldn't do before.