[dang, he thought it might be pen like this. close though.]
It does not have 'hex' in it, take that as a victory. [the sad thing is he's not even 100% fucking around to mess with pal, he just names shit this way without thinking.]
They are not, you are going to keep my name out of it. I have a reputation, Palamedes. [they probably sent him a recovery fruit basket or something, the minister gaggle. he really needs to up his game here.] No lockjoint, but he is willing to offer his blood in exchange for mine. I hardly plan on draining him dry but he's given me enough to make two gems for the moment.
[trading blood with teens, life is something huh.]
There is something to consider with the moon. Lunar energy seems to do little against corruption but those moondrops, the concentrated form, seem to be able to eradicate it. [idle shuffling of books here, a soft snort when he sees a title of some saucy romance novel with an equally saucy cover. not as good as his husband's weird romance novel, thanks, back it goes.] Even cure beasthood. The one matter I keep returning to in all this is how malleable the magic system and corruption are. It bends to the victim or user unerringly, no two cases are ever fully alike whether it be corruption or how a darkblood uses their innate abilities. There's practically a symbiosis, at least in the case of blood magic.
[and pulling another out.] Do old fairytales count? [he's actually keeping this one, it might have something interesting hidden in the stories.]
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It does not have 'hex' in it, take that as a victory. [the sad thing is he's not even 100% fucking around to mess with pal, he just names shit this way without thinking.]
They are not, you are going to keep my name out of it. I have a reputation, Palamedes. [they probably sent him a recovery fruit basket or something, the minister gaggle. he really needs to up his game here.] No lockjoint, but he is willing to offer his blood in exchange for mine. I hardly plan on draining him dry but he's given me enough to make two gems for the moment.
[trading blood with teens, life is something huh.]
There is something to consider with the moon. Lunar energy seems to do little against corruption but those moondrops, the concentrated form, seem to be able to eradicate it. [idle shuffling of books here, a soft snort when he sees a title of some saucy romance novel with an equally saucy cover. not as good as his husband's weird romance novel, thanks, back it goes.] Even cure beasthood. The one matter I keep returning to in all this is how malleable the magic system and corruption are. It bends to the victim or user unerringly, no two cases are ever fully alike whether it be corruption or how a darkblood uses their innate abilities. There's practically a symbiosis, at least in the case of blood magic.
[and pulling another out.] Do old fairytales count? [he's actually keeping this one, it might have something interesting hidden in the stories.]