The good doctor is impeded from answering by that vine still lashing him to the left, to the right —
An underpaid teaching assistant has extended a long pole, shouting “Docteur! Grab on!” but he can’t get at it. There’s another flash of magic, and an egg-like shell of warded protection materialises, protecting him from being dashed on the stones. Eventually, the vines settle down and he lets the barrier drop.
“Oh. That.” Stephen untangles said cloak, dragging it loose from an aerial root; the fabric is luxuriously smooth, slippery and cool in his hands. “It does that on occasion, typically during battle. It’s made of Fade-touched silk. After I realised its unique properties, I was tempted to replace my entire wardrobe with the material, but a) it’s goddamn rare and expensive, and b) I figured it might be risky. Phasing through all the furniture, falling through the floor. Still: fascinating.”
Just as the vegetation around them is fascinating. He might be cultivating an intensely nonchalant tone of voice, but part of him is also paying very close attention to their surroundings even after he accidentally pissed off the plants and got himself tangled deeper. This is a tremendous proof-of-concept, and it’ll probably get Bonheur his department grant if he isn’t drummed out of the university entirely; it’s hard to imagine a middle-ground.
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An underpaid teaching assistant has extended a long pole, shouting “Docteur! Grab on!” but he can’t get at it. There’s another flash of magic, and an egg-like shell of warded protection materialises, protecting him from being dashed on the stones. Eventually, the vines settle down and he lets the barrier drop.
“Oh. That.” Stephen untangles said cloak, dragging it loose from an aerial root; the fabric is luxuriously smooth, slippery and cool in his hands. “It does that on occasion, typically during battle. It’s made of Fade-touched silk. After I realised its unique properties, I was tempted to replace my entire wardrobe with the material, but a) it’s goddamn rare and expensive, and b) I figured it might be risky. Phasing through all the furniture, falling through the floor. Still: fascinating.”
Just as the vegetation around them is fascinating. He might be cultivating an intensely nonchalant tone of voice, but part of him is also paying very close attention to their surroundings even after he accidentally pissed off the plants and got himself tangled deeper. This is a tremendous proof-of-concept, and it’ll probably get Bonheur his department grant if he isn’t drummed out of the university entirely; it’s hard to imagine a middle-ground.