( he sets it down, and shrugs, elegant if one-shouldered-- )
I don't find it harrowing, my lady. It's been a matter of relearning my own limits; broader than they once were in some ways, tighter in others. ( one because of his lack of a leash; one because of his foreign nature in this strange world. but one complicates the other, and the thread of frustration that lingers has more to do with the lingering uncertainty of how much is what. how much of the change is thedas, and how much is that he is achieving things he'd never imagined possible?
what would this feel like, if he were where he came from? easier, he suspects. but maybe more dangerous, for all that. )
It is...
( he considers his words. )
It's natural - a grace to it. I've found it seems to be the effect and not the method that defines how much of a fight Thedas will put up to me, but the difficulty of it is - an exaggerated version of what we were already trained to adapt to. To work this way always drew on my own strength to a degree; the more complex the spell, the more I'd feel it. That's still true here, but the definition of what is 'complex' is not, ( a wry smile, ) quite universally agreed upon.
Sorcery has always carried the risk of overextending yourself. Thoughtless exertion has killed the foolish before.
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I don't find it harrowing, my lady. It's been a matter of relearning my own limits; broader than they once were in some ways, tighter in others. ( one because of his lack of a leash; one because of his foreign nature in this strange world. but one complicates the other, and the thread of frustration that lingers has more to do with the lingering uncertainty of how much is what. how much of the change is thedas, and how much is that he is achieving things he'd never imagined possible?
what would this feel like, if he were where he came from? easier, he suspects. but maybe more dangerous, for all that. )
It is...
( he considers his words. )
It's natural - a grace to it. I've found it seems to be the effect and not the method that defines how much of a fight Thedas will put up to me, but the difficulty of it is - an exaggerated version of what we were already trained to adapt to. To work this way always drew on my own strength to a degree; the more complex the spell, the more I'd feel it. That's still true here, but the definition of what is 'complex' is not, ( a wry smile, ) quite universally agreed upon.
Sorcery has always carried the risk of overextending yourself. Thoughtless exertion has killed the foolish before.
( and the desperate. )