He's trying to work on the Justice aspect of it. The spirit has to come to see that this isn't working... but Anders doesn't know if he can succeed. He needs to, though.
"I'm just glad that if we had a family motto, I don't remember it." He takes a sip of his own drink before actually doing some thinking, tilting his head.
"Does your apprentice have time to teach that, spread it around? Written down, too." They've talked the future of mages and how he feels practical magic ties into that, before, over a meal that was at times tense and difficult thanks to her family's pressures. "Meanwhile I'm trying to figure out a spell to perpetually heat a rock to work without causing problems. It'd be very useful for roads, or keeping at the foot of one's bed... if I could set a precise temperature. Warm, but not dangerously so."
He may have set a small fire the other day, but at least he'd put it out right away. "Earth is not exactly my strongest suit, though I'm rather good with fire."
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"I'm just glad that if we had a family motto, I don't remember it." He takes a sip of his own drink before actually doing some thinking, tilting his head.
"Does your apprentice have time to teach that, spread it around? Written down, too." They've talked the future of mages and how he feels practical magic ties into that, before, over a meal that was at times tense and difficult thanks to her family's pressures. "Meanwhile I'm trying to figure out a spell to perpetually heat a rock to work without causing problems. It'd be very useful for roads, or keeping at the foot of one's bed... if I could set a precise temperature. Warm, but not dangerously so."
He may have set a small fire the other day, but at least he'd put it out right away. "Earth is not exactly my strongest suit, though I'm rather good with fire."