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[warfares]

Sweet talking isn't my forte.
Where you born with the ability or were you able to learn?

[evocation]

i was born with it but i had to learn how to use it correctly
it runs in my family
where i'm from you're either born with magic or you're out of luck

[warfares]

Who taught you?

[evocation]

[Ugh.]

my dad until he got sick of it
and then i taught myself

[warfares]

Impressive.


( enjoy that bit of praise, kyna, it won't be happening often. but he's been there. he knows how tough it can be. )

[evocation]

[That wasn't how she was expecting him to respond, so it mollifies her almost instantly.]

thanks
what about you?

[warfares]

My uncle.
And then, myself.
I was the better teacher, it turns out.

[evocation]

was your uncle up his own ass too?

[warfares]

He tried to murder me as I slept.

( so, yeah. not a fan. )

[evocation]

what the fuck
are you serious?
how did that even happen?

[warfares]

I would think the answer obvious.
He was weak and foolish, and he failed.

[evocation]

what an asshole
was he nuts or something?

[warfares]

It's certainly possible.

[evocation]

that's fucking awful
i'm sorry

[warfares]

He's gone now.

( killing him hadn't brought the peace he'd hoped it would, but he was gone and that was something. )

[evocation]

good
shitty teachers are probably worse than no one at all, right?

[warfares]

As you say.

( it's more complicated than that, still ㅡ )

How did you teach yourself?

[evocation]

my dad taught me a lot of the building blocks, i guess
after that it was like
trial and error and copying other people
and research
what about you?

[warfares]

I've a talent for digging up forbidden knowledge.

[evocation]

ooh
forbidden how?

[warfares]

How would you define it?

[evocation]

idk
there's "stupid and dangerous" forbidden
or "we're hiding this knowledge to control people" forbidden
or "misunderstood because people are superstitious assholes" forbidden
you have to narrow it down

[warfares]

The three aren't always mutually exclusive.
Though in this case, it would be more the latter than the former.

[evocation]

what was the knowledge exactly?

[warfares]

Nothing that would be useful, here.