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This sounds like a shortcut to a broken nose.
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[It's not, but okay.]
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It might.... tickle.
[ His magic is quite distinct. ]
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[He's done it, so he knows it doesn't hurt anyone, but he's kind of curious now.]
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When we connect, it feels magnificent, and when it fades, it always leaves a little prickle in the air. It looks beautiful...[ She sighs a bit, bringing that hand upon her chin to her cheek, as if she could imagine feeling it there. Without thinking, she admits-- ] Even just a small amount would feel beautiful, too.
[ How might something feel "beautiful"? She's not sure, but magic isn't exactly literal, either.
However, a moment of silence passes where she realizes that perhaps this is a sensitive topic, too. His magic to him costs him, and so her smile fades when she turns her attention back to him. ] Ah-- I mean....
[ ...Nope, she doesn't have an out for that one. ]
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That's... good, isn't it? [Are the aftermath forms bad??] Or does it actually hurt-?
[If they were a problem, surely someone would have told him by now.]
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[ Her hand fidgets in his by brushing her thumb along the side of his thumb. ]
Your magic costs you, doesn't it? [ She feels bad calling it as feeling beautiful if it means that it hurts him! ]
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Magic's not infinite for anybody. It costs you to use yours, right?
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I only... It seems unfair, when your magic does have the potential to actually hurt you.
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[He scuffs a hand through his hair, not sure how to respond to that, exactly. She's not wrong, but it feels wrong to just outright agree, too. He tries not to let pain be a deterrent from doing things he can do.]
I wanna say... most of the crystal's magic doesn't hurt. It can get tiring, sure, if I use too much, but that's it. It's only when I start borrowing magic that it starts to get weird. The ring, some of the weapons, the Astrals... that power isn't really mine, so there's a cost that isn't just my own magic.
[It really is too much power for one person. That's likely one of the biggest problems with it.]
Does that make sense?
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It does... [ She smiles again. ]
When you phase, how does it feel to you?
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[He considers the question thoughtfully. It isn't something he's devoted much pondering to, not for years, really. It's just become an automatic reaction at this point, a dance of reflexes, acrobatics, and a balancing act between how much his body can handle and how many injuries he needs to avoid in order to stay alive.]
You remember how it felt to warp? Going from one place to another, sorta like turning into magic to follow the sword? It's like a really intense version of that. With a warp, it's more grounded, because you're following a real thing to a real place. Phasing's like... I have to find my own destination, and time when I change back to being physically there again so I'm not, uh. In something else. If I botched a phase and came back with a sword inside me or something, that'd be a shortcut to a bad day.
[He manages to look even more sheepish somehow. There have definitely been some interesting training accidents over the years.]
The short version is that it feels like a warp that's more power and instinct. It's less about going somewhere and more not being in a space that you were supposed to die in.
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You... I've seen you phase so naturally, I wouldn't have guessed it'd be anything so complicated.
[ And here she is, still attempting to warp on her own as they train together! ] Because putting it like that, that makes it seem even more... ah, technical than warping without a weapon to throw!
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I don't know, it kind of is and isn't. Phasing takes a split second, and if I think about it, by the time I've made a decision it's already too late. Plus I'm pretty sure if I think too hard, I'll do it wrong.
[Instinct is the key word when it comes to phasing. Too early, and the enemy can redirect their blade. Too late and the blade's already sliced off something important. It's gotta happen when it's meant to happen, and not a moment outside of that window.]
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Ah, ....now that I think of it, you’ve never really phased away from whenever I’ve poked your cheek.
[ So the instinct must be something that phases him away from something bad or harmful.
...This. This is good to know? That she’s now seen as so inherently harmless that her cheek-pokes aren’t something he’d phase from. ]
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[This would be a very different relationship otherwise.]
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[ ...
........She slowly, slowly begins moving her free hand towards his cheek. Here it comes! ]
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I can still... parry.
[He winds his fingers around hers, reaching in with the other hand to try for a poke at her cheek instead.]
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He’s successful, poking at a cheek that’s lifted by a smile. ]
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[ With one of his hands holding hers and the other at her cheek, that means he’s vulnerable for an attack with her free hand! Time for her second try at poking his cheek. ]
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A critical hit... not sure I'll survive this one.
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[ She can’t help but burst into a small fit of giggles afterward. ] O-oh, Noct, [ Pfft— ] You’ve armed me with very dangerous knowledge.
[ No phasing from cheek pokes! (Yet.) ]
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[He doesn't sound the least bit bothered.]
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Ooh, you should be afraid... very afraid!
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