[ almost a little too straightforward, viren thinks, but he resists over-complicating it with more speculation. at the gesture, he returns the book. —but, ohh. everett mentions creatures of his world and viren has to put a mental bookmark in that conversation piece, to ask of later. ]
[ his tone is skeptical, but he is telling something of a short story, so his words are appropriately, darkly weighted, ]
Legend says that the Fae coveted the secret to magic — apparently, it'd been selfishly guarded from humanity. But humans learnt of the secret, somehow, and began to use magic themselves. I'm sure they felt threatened by this; both jealous and angry, they cursed the lands, and thus the Cwyld arose.
[..]
Whether or not that's true... is unclear, but perhaps it's been inspired by some grain of truth.
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[ almost a little too straightforward, viren thinks, but he resists over-complicating it with more speculation. at the gesture, he returns the book. —but, ohh. everett mentions creatures of his world and viren has to put a mental bookmark in that conversation piece, to ask of later. ]
[ his tone is skeptical, but he is telling something of a short story, so his words are appropriately, darkly weighted, ]
Legend says that the Fae coveted the secret to magic — apparently, it'd been selfishly guarded from humanity. But humans learnt of the secret, somehow, and began to use magic themselves. I'm sure they felt threatened by this; both jealous and angry, they cursed the lands, and thus the Cwyld arose.
[..]
Whether or not that's true... is unclear, but perhaps it's been inspired by some grain of truth.