Evie
And those scars you carry, well those are yours
Evie follows in Marcus' wake, glad to see him warming up to her already. Though Abandoned sentiment is easing, and has always been largely absent in Halo, Evie knows that magic is quite a personal and vulnerable thing even without social expectations on one's shoulders. She isn't unaware of how much trust she is asking Marcus to have in a stranger, which is why she's quite honored to have been asked to do this.
Evie sits on the couch and beckons Marcus down next to her so that he will still be within reach. "Magic can be felt even by those who don't use it. Most magic, at its weakest form, is easiest to call upon when the same type of magic is present to take strength from and add to." Her hand gestures toward the fire in the hearth even though she doesn't have that particular ability in her arsenal, content to use it as part of the instruction. "For example, fire. Most can only make it stronger or weaker, they can't create it or pull a portion away from the source. The fire itself has to be present already."
Extending a hand, she gives Marcus an encouraging smile and wiggles her fingers for his own to find their way to hers. "The elements are the easiest to experiment with, but I'm going to go through all of my abilities first to see if you can feel your own magic responding. Okay?" She waits for his consent before she begins, intent on allowing him to control as much of this as he can. "We'll start with healing because I can lend you some strength that way too so you don't get tired." With that warning, she lets her healing magic extend through their connected hands, sweeping aside any lingering exhaustion or childhood scrapes and bruises, lingering and pooling in different sections of his body as her magic seeks out imperfections limb by limb at her command instead of flooding him and patching everything at once so he could feel it more clearly.
Evie sits on the couch and beckons Marcus down next to her so that he will still be within reach. "Magic can be felt even by those who don't use it. Most magic, at its weakest form, is easiest to call upon when the same type of magic is present to take strength from and add to." Her hand gestures toward the fire in the hearth even though she doesn't have that particular ability in her arsenal, content to use it as part of the instruction. "For example, fire. Most can only make it stronger or weaker, they can't create it or pull a portion away from the source. The fire itself has to be present already."
Extending a hand, she gives Marcus an encouraging smile and wiggles her fingers for his own to find their way to hers. "The elements are the easiest to experiment with, but I'm going to go through all of my abilities first to see if you can feel your own magic responding. Okay?" She waits for his consent before she begins, intent on allowing him to control as much of this as he can. "We'll start with healing because I can lend you some strength that way too so you don't get tired." With that warning, she lets her healing magic extend through their connected hands, sweeping aside any lingering exhaustion or childhood scrapes and bruises, lingering and pooling in different sections of his body as her magic seeks out imperfections limb by limb at her command instead of flooding him and patching everything at once so he could feel it more clearly.
So wear them with honor, placed over your heart
