”Drugged it?” she says with a shrug and a raise of her eyebrows. Weaver has nearly no magic to speak of, but she does know how to hunt and survive against an ursur. You don’t need magic to make things happen, though it does certainly make it easier. Though the point is not actually to argue on methods of how to transport a fully grown, pissed off ursur, but rather what she says next. ”Sure, in concept. But you are assuming I know your magic, Zariah. I know your name and your title and nothing else and you expect me to believe that we were never in danger.”
Here’s the thing about trying to poke holes in someone’s feelings - you can’t. You can logic through it all you want, but feelings don’t really work by logic. Zariah doesn’t know Weaver. Not yet, anyway. She might know Loren or even some of the others from the Grounds, but not the Halovians. She’s too new, and she hasn’t spent time with them (at least to Weaver’s limited knowledge). Zariah has no idea why Weaver is upset, not really. So she can poke all the holes she wants, but it doesn’t really change much. ”I’ve seen powerful mages at full strength fall to those things. Don’t tell me it’s impossible.”
She pauses for a moment, but then adds. ”Look, I don’t expect you to back down from your methods. But I am asking that you give a shit about the students you are putting in danger and the reality of a place you don’t know like many of us do.” Weaver has spent twenty six years learning to survive here. There’s certainly things Zariah can teach her, and she’s not suggesting there isn’t, but rather that there’s a few things the Halovians can teach the Outlanders as well, no matter their magical skills.
Here’s the thing about trying to poke holes in someone’s feelings - you can’t. You can logic through it all you want, but feelings don’t really work by logic. Zariah doesn’t know Weaver. Not yet, anyway. She might know Loren or even some of the others from the Grounds, but not the Halovians. She’s too new, and she hasn’t spent time with them (at least to Weaver’s limited knowledge). Zariah has no idea why Weaver is upset, not really. So she can poke all the holes she wants, but it doesn’t really change much. ”I’ve seen powerful mages at full strength fall to those things. Don’t tell me it’s impossible.”
She pauses for a moment, but then adds. ”Look, I don’t expect you to back down from your methods. But I am asking that you give a shit about the students you are putting in danger and the reality of a place you don’t know like many of us do.” Weaver has spent twenty six years learning to survive here. There’s certainly things Zariah can teach her, and she’s not suggesting there isn’t, but rather that there’s a few things the Halovians can teach the Outlanders as well, no matter their magical skills.
weaver
-- ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies --
Quote by Charles Dickens
