> You snort at ‘light reading’. Light reading, for Bawd, is ‘only half’ of a grand library. Your eyes skim the covers of the books as you pass them, and you hum and nod as she talks.
> Then there’s the dramatic reveal- god you love the showiness of it, who can fault you- and your eyebrows rise high. You cross your arms and shift your weight to one leg, looking at her.
“A double, really. Like, one you can control, or…? Hey Doxy I’ve decided to make myself a twin.”
“Mmm, nothing so complex as a twin yet. It will be like how we can make small shadow doubles, but a little more realistic to start with. I want to understand how this sort of magic works better, before I start going wild with it.”
>You take one of the books from a shelf and flip through it, before laying it on a table next to you.
“What I need help with is mostly writing out all these runes and lighting all these candles. Sure I could do it myself, but it seems like doing it in a certain order is best, and I’ve always thought doing it by hand gives it a certain level of magic all on its own!”
> There’s two quick nods to her idea, and you slip over to the table, planting your hands on it to get a good look at the pages. You’ve always had the firepower potential, but, well, you get a little excited when you’re studying magic for yourself- there’s been an unfortunate series of uncrossed t’s and i’s missing their dots. Where anybody else is regarded, though? You might as well be as efficient and perfectly aligned as a machine.
“Sounds pretty right to me! Lead the way, sugarplum.”
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