there's light at the edge of the darkness
Despite the fact that Loren had no real interest in philosophy or debating, he seemed to find himself dragged into these sorts of conversations quite often. Which probably meant he was the problem. However, he would keep answering Oia’i’o’s questions, since she was nice enough to answer his. ”No, because the harm is necessary to help the individual recover and prevent further harm from being done. Therefore, the overall harm is lessened. If the patient rejected it, however, I would not perform the procedure.” Because unlike her, Loren did his best—at least these days—to try and respect people’s wishes, even if he slipped up and was hypocritical sometimes.
Everyone made mistakes. He was learning to forgive himself for his.
”It’s an expression. It means to hold you responsible for something.” Again, he had to remind himself not to use idioms. She didn’t seem to understand when he did, but they were a natural part of his speech and it was hard to remember to cut them out. ”Why don’t more people live there? Just because it's cold, barren, and dangerous?” Well, maybe that was reason enough. As she matter-of-factly informed him that he was a human-animal, he gave her a quizzical look. ”What is Astra?” He probably could’ve picked anything to ask about, but Astra was here.
Well, now they were getting somewhere. ”What type of dragons? And what are water elementals?” Ursur seemed clear enough. However, even the summoner, with his love of animals and creatures of all kinds, was far more interested in the mage glass. ”What do you mean, it amplifies Abandoned magic? How?” Given that his cousin might very well be in Halo (from all reports) he didn’t like the sound of that.
Though if he could get his hands on some, that might be very useful indeed.
When the daughter of Rae commented that she had nothing else of value, the Launceleyn bit his lip. ”That can’t be true.” Unfortunately, he didn’t know her well enough to actually make her feel differently. Maybe someone else could. ”Would, uh...Kai? Would Kai say the only thing you offered to the world was knowledge?” Perhaps if she thought about her twin she wouldn’t be so quick to say she had no value beyond the information she knew. It was a little too close to Loren’s former quest for power—and his family’s ways, of only seeing value in tangible things—for him to be comfortable with it. Worst case, though, the summoner would try to show the demi-god she was more than that.
Everyone made mistakes. He was learning to forgive himself for his.
”It’s an expression. It means to hold you responsible for something.” Again, he had to remind himself not to use idioms. She didn’t seem to understand when he did, but they were a natural part of his speech and it was hard to remember to cut them out. ”Why don’t more people live there? Just because it's cold, barren, and dangerous?” Well, maybe that was reason enough. As she matter-of-factly informed him that he was a human-animal, he gave her a quizzical look. ”What is Astra?” He probably could’ve picked anything to ask about, but Astra was here.
Well, now they were getting somewhere. ”What type of dragons? And what are water elementals?” Ursur seemed clear enough. However, even the summoner, with his love of animals and creatures of all kinds, was far more interested in the mage glass. ”What do you mean, it amplifies Abandoned magic? How?” Given that his cousin might very well be in Halo (from all reports) he didn’t like the sound of that.
Though if he could get his hands on some, that might be very useful indeed.
When the daughter of Rae commented that she had nothing else of value, the Launceleyn bit his lip. ”That can’t be true.” Unfortunately, he didn’t know her well enough to actually make her feel differently. Maybe someone else could. ”Would, uh...Kai? Would Kai say the only thing you offered to the world was knowledge?” Perhaps if she thought about her twin she wouldn’t be so quick to say she had no value beyond the information she knew. It was a little too close to Loren’s former quest for power—and his family’s ways, of only seeing value in tangible things—for him to be comfortable with it. Worst case, though, the summoner would try to show the demi-god she was more than that.
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