[Lance nods in agreement with Kyna's statement, though it's not like he has a whole lot of expertise on the subject to add. People being able to heal is really, really cool, though, so he's totally with Washington on this idea.]
[He raises his hands briefly in a show of surrender at that look, offering a small smile to go with it, but the answer to Washington's question is interesting and he has to ask--]
It's uh... Like a ritual. You need something to help you focus your magic, get it? So you pick something—everyone says it needs to be significant to you, but that's bullshit. My last one was a tattoo.
[She shows him her left arm, where her tattoo was. There's nothing but a big scar now.]
The one I'm using now is just a cheap necklace. Anyway, it's like you're... Like you're tethering whatever it is to yourself. Attuning it to your magic, right? If you don't have your focus while you're casting more powerful spells it's harder to control them and they're way less predictable.
[Huh. That all makes sense, and he supposes he can see why it might be difficult to make a focus without the help of someone who can guide you through it. He definitely wouldn't have the first idea of how to start, even with what she's said.
And okay, the scar is too obvious not to ask about, especially since she showed it to them and therefore it's probably not an exceptionally sensitive topic. Hopefully.]
[ Wash knows the answer to that already: faeries are assholes. But it's not his story so he stays quiet to let Kyna speak, wondering instead what he could use if she taught him magic. ]
Uh... long story short, we got kidnapped by a bunch of faeries and they figured out my tattoo was my focus so they cut it off. Too bad we kicked their asses anyway.
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Date: 2017-12-31 01:39 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2017-12-31 02:20 am (UTC)Yes...
[ Especially since being here, but most of those things involve magic and he doubts he'd be able to learn. ]
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Date: 2017-12-31 02:23 am (UTC)Like what?
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Date: 2017-12-31 02:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-12-31 02:32 am (UTC)I think... the most significant was when I found out people could heal. But that's probably not something they could teach me.
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Date: 2017-12-31 04:00 am (UTC)[ He's definitely not going to get his hopes up, but. It'd be pretty amazing. ]
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Date: 2017-12-31 04:22 am (UTC)What were you guys working on?
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Date: 2017-12-31 04:27 am (UTC)[Just pointing that out. Not that he'll argue with the whole idea, since he'd love to learn more, but still.]
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Date: 2017-12-31 04:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-12-31 04:33 am (UTC)That's not what I meant. I like teaching you.
[And then, for Wash:]
It's a million times easier to make your first focus when someone else is helping you.
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Date: 2017-12-31 04:38 am (UTC)What goes into it?
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Date: 2017-12-31 04:40 am (UTC)[ Right, Lance?
He's curious about how to make a focus, too -- maybe she'll wind up teaching him, too, eventually. ]
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Date: 2017-12-31 04:45 am (UTC)[She shows him her left arm, where her tattoo was. There's nothing but a big scar now.]
The one I'm using now is just a cheap necklace. Anyway, it's like you're... Like you're tethering whatever it is to yourself. Attuning it to your magic, right? If you don't have your focus while you're casting more powerful spells it's harder to control them and they're way less predictable.
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Date: 2017-12-31 04:53 am (UTC)And okay, the scar is too obvious not to ask about, especially since she showed it to them and therefore it's probably not an exceptionally sensitive topic. Hopefully.]
What happened to your tattoo?
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Date: 2017-12-31 02:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-12-31 07:15 pm (UTC)[So yes, faeries are assholes.]
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Date: 2017-12-31 08:00 pm (UTC)Wow. Faeries sound... Not great.
[Or, yeah, like assholes.]
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