Others have been similarly affected. ( he means himself, of course. himself, rey; there's others, too, according to that network he'd glanced some weeks prior. )

They say it has something to do with the cost of magic — an exchange. Power for power. ( it's not anything he's ever encountered before. the closest he's ever come is the tales of the dathomiri witches, who themselves were really just tribalistic dark side practitioners. feral and vicious, yes, but hardly unfamiliar in the way that the witches of the coven were.

still, at solas' request, he nods. he would have observed him closely regardless, too curious to pretend disinterest. )

It seems a very particular sort of art.