The thought of having something specific to research gave me purpose, a vision, a target to aim for and achieve. It was what I needed, what would get me through this transition to this new world - I wanted to know all I could about it, and yet sometimes that was casting too broad of a net, reeling in too many answers that I overloaded the little tugboat that was my mind. Enchanted items were interesting enough to garner my focus, and another thought crossed my mind - would the potential to hold healing magic within an item exist?
Cue mental images of me dressed as Gandalf with a badass staff, driving away a dark curse that had taken a noble king of the realm.
Yeah, I was going to have to learn more about this.
"You're not wrong," I agree with a soft laugh, "though sometimes animals are easier to diagnose - they don't have egos and pride that cause them to hide their pain." It was a trait humans evolved with, really, so that they did not appear weak to things that would hunt them - and I knew that, scientifically. And I knew I was just as prone to it as most humans - I still preferred to treat animals over humans, however.
I feel like Kia is as hopeful as I am for being able to find a place within this world, and a warm emotion blossoms within me at the thought that I might have the beginnings of a support network, a friend who would help me get there (wherever there is).
Then she drops an absolute bombload of information at me and I cannot help the surprise that causes me mouth to fall agape and my eyes to simply stare at her, my amazement quite clear.
"For real?" I ask after my thoughts have enough time to catch up with my body and make the talking function start working again. "That's… that's incredible!" My hands fly up to grasp my head for a moment as I try to steady the flow of thoughts that have accelerated through my mind, trying to puzzle out the full impact of her words in as little time as possible.
"Wow," I summarise, as I process the implications. "Wait -" a realisation hits me amidst all the other tidbits of information, "- have you experienced that?" I refocus my icy gaze upon her, a brow lifted in genuine, almost concerned, enquiry.
Cue mental images of me dressed as Gandalf with a badass staff, driving away a dark curse that had taken a noble king of the realm.
Yeah, I was going to have to learn more about this.
"You're not wrong," I agree with a soft laugh, "though sometimes animals are easier to diagnose - they don't have egos and pride that cause them to hide their pain." It was a trait humans evolved with, really, so that they did not appear weak to things that would hunt them - and I knew that, scientifically. And I knew I was just as prone to it as most humans - I still preferred to treat animals over humans, however.
I feel like Kia is as hopeful as I am for being able to find a place within this world, and a warm emotion blossoms within me at the thought that I might have the beginnings of a support network, a friend who would help me get there (wherever there is).
Then she drops an absolute bombload of information at me and I cannot help the surprise that causes me mouth to fall agape and my eyes to simply stare at her, my amazement quite clear.
"For real?" I ask after my thoughts have enough time to catch up with my body and make the talking function start working again. "That's… that's incredible!" My hands fly up to grasp my head for a moment as I try to steady the flow of thoughts that have accelerated through my mind, trying to puzzle out the full impact of her words in as little time as possible.
"Wow," I summarise, as I process the implications. "Wait -" a realisation hits me amidst all the other tidbits of information, "- have you experienced that?" I refocus my icy gaze upon her, a brow lifted in genuine, almost concerned, enquiry.
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