Ha— [ Amused, and then warmly curious: ] But the most important question: did the singing actually work, to focus the magic? I’ve seen stranger things.
And apprentices. Enchanter. So, you teach?
[ There’s the titles, but there’s also Isaac’s tone of voice throughout this entire conversation: those gently probing questions, the knowledgeable cant in terms of fields of study. ]
With the primary effect of inducing migraine. He might have gotten there, it isn't unprecedented.
[ orlais, bards; a culture that conceals purpose. strange can draw his own conclusions. ]
I've been employed as a tutor these past few years. Not spellcraft, of course, but - mn, a Chantry education spends more cheaply than the University. Gives your heirs fewer ideas.
I rather liked what I’d encountered of the university; there’s a few professors friendly to Riftwatch’s efforts now, and the dean of Lydes College was a particular fan.
( Still ruminating on the nature of training and spellcraft, however, he pivots back: ) In a perfect world I’d be able to pick up creation magic from yourself or others, but that particular school isn’t close to what I practiced even before this. Trying to work it would presumably be like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Well-worn grooves, as you said. The shape of my magic simply— isn’t that.
( Squints. There’s a small beat where Strange looks down at his crystal, and he’s ticking over the words and that dry-as-bones tone of voice and searching for the trap, the mockery; suspecting there is one, but he simply doesn’t know Isaac well enough to say. Hmmm.
Safer territory, then, sidling back to referencing the mage’s former student: )
If I start doing musical scales to practice my spellwork, I’ll give you the headsup, so you don’t have to be subjected to the horror.
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And apprentices. Enchanter. So, you teach?
[ There’s the titles, but there’s also Isaac’s tone of voice throughout this entire conversation: those gently probing questions, the knowledgeable cant in terms of fields of study. ]
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[ orlais, bards; a culture that conceals purpose. strange can draw his own conclusions. ]
I've been employed as a tutor these past few years. Not spellcraft, of course, but - mn, a Chantry education spends more cheaply than the University. Gives your heirs fewer ideas.
no subject
( Still ruminating on the nature of training and spellcraft, however, he pivots back: ) In a perfect world I’d be able to pick up creation magic from yourself or others, but that particular school isn’t close to what I practiced even before this. Trying to work it would presumably be like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Well-worn grooves, as you said. The shape of my magic simply— isn’t that.
no subject
[ one hole joke. he's allowed one hole joke. ]
Thought impresses form, form wears into itself. But you're clever: Practice, and I trust you'll find, mn. Novel holes.
[ alright two. he's allowed two. ]
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Safer territory, then, sidling back to referencing the mage’s former student: )
If I start doing musical scales to practice my spellwork, I’ll give you the headsup, so you don’t have to be subjected to the horror.