[He turns back in their direction, one hand running back through unruly curls, just as Asra chimes in. Subtly, the tips of his ears flush petal pink.]
And that was different, you know that. It was to help with the plague. There's...well. You remember how desperate things were. There's nothing I wouldn't have done.
[Nothing he didn't do, include coming close to sacrificing his own life, not once, but twice. Never mind that it hadn't been his only motivating factor in the particular instance Asra mentions-- he keeps his gaze carefully averted, continues on. Answers Cain's question.]
And it's...that is to say, I don't understand it. Never have done. All those ominous old tomes and creepy runes and crystals and the like. It's not like science, is it? Where everything has a logical order, set rules to follow, a concrete formula. It's all just a bit beyond me, that's all. I suppose I just don't have the right mind for it.
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[He turns back in their direction, one hand running back through unruly curls, just as Asra chimes in. Subtly, the tips of his ears flush petal pink.]
And that was different, you know that. It was to help with the plague. There's...well. You remember how desperate things were. There's nothing I wouldn't have done.
[Nothing he didn't do, include coming close to sacrificing his own life, not once, but twice. Never mind that it hadn't been his only motivating factor in the particular instance Asra mentions-- he keeps his gaze carefully averted, continues on. Answers Cain's question.]
And it's...that is to say, I don't understand it. Never have done. All those ominous old tomes and creepy runes and crystals and the like. It's not like science, is it? Where everything has a logical order, set rules to follow, a concrete formula. It's all just a bit beyond me, that's all. I suppose I just don't have the right mind for it.