( Strange hesitates. Lesser, is what he wants to say, but he hates those connotations: toothless, defanged. Instead he settles on: )
I think of it as, the magic in our home universes is like a song playing in another room. It’s fainter, quieter, harder-to-hear from here, but still present.
( He’s been absentmindedly touching the plants to verify their quality, the fact that they’re genuinely green and flourishing. Satisfied that they’re real — it’s not an illusion — he straightens up and dusts off the dirt on his knees. )
If you’re happy to just take this responsibility and run with it, I’ll get you any of the seeds I’ve been stockpiling, plus the reference material I have on herbology here, their growing conditions, seasons, etc. I’ll still distil them into potions and tinctures and pastes in the infirmary, but the herb garden can be yours.
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( Strange hesitates. Lesser, is what he wants to say, but he hates those connotations: toothless, defanged. Instead he settles on: )
I think of it as, the magic in our home universes is like a song playing in another room. It’s fainter, quieter, harder-to-hear from here, but still present.
( He’s been absentmindedly touching the plants to verify their quality, the fact that they’re genuinely green and flourishing. Satisfied that they’re real — it’s not an illusion — he straightens up and dusts off the dirt on his knees. )
If you’re happy to just take this responsibility and run with it, I’ll get you any of the seeds I’ve been stockpiling, plus the reference material I have on herbology here, their growing conditions, seasons, etc. I’ll still distil them into potions and tinctures and pastes in the infirmary, but the herb garden can be yours.