[He says that... and she wonders how true it will prove to be. But for now, she affects a certain degree of trust, a certain amount of wide-eyed newcomer trying to learn from those who had experience. Of course. They'll be here for questions.
And she... he is here to provide a certain amount of carefully calculated answers.]
Ah... Describing it is also sort of a problem...
[She looks around the space as if she's trying to ascertain if it's large enough, or safe enough...]
In my world... people are just born with abilities. It's not like... I don't know, like learning a spell from a book or... seeking out a certain power...
[This Emet-Selch had already been described to her as someone who could do magic, so perhaps that analogy would work. "Being born with" abilities was a stretch, but it was the easier explanation, and it worked well enough for the fake point she was trying to make.]
So I don't know... what it is, in scientific terms. I just know what it can do.
[She turns to look down at her hand, and then at a training dummy across the grounds, which she points to.]
... Is anyone going to be upset if I damage that?
[She had to test how this world affected her powers sooner rather than later. As long as she kept it to only a small amount, enough to delay paying for them until after she left this man's company...]
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And she... he is here to provide a certain amount of carefully calculated answers.]
Ah... Describing it is also sort of a problem...
[She looks around the space as if she's trying to ascertain if it's large enough, or safe enough...]
In my world... people are just born with abilities. It's not like... I don't know, like learning a spell from a book or... seeking out a certain power...
[This Emet-Selch had already been described to her as someone who could do magic, so perhaps that analogy would work. "Being born with" abilities was a stretch, but it was the easier explanation, and it worked well enough for the fake point she was trying to make.]
So I don't know... what it is, in scientific terms. I just know what it can do.
[She turns to look down at her hand, and then at a training dummy across the grounds, which she points to.]
... Is anyone going to be upset if I damage that?
[She had to test how this world affected her powers sooner rather than later. As long as she kept it to only a small amount, enough to delay paying for them until after she left this man's company...]