Office Hours - We Could Be

[shieldof]

[Faith's door remains closed, the brass "PRIVATE" plaque silent and unyielding. Trying to force the door yields no results, but- she said you could contact her here, so just go ahead and knock. Worst case scenario, you're no worse off than before, right?]

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Comments

[qilinzuo]

Sounds like there is a lot for you to perceive of them, then.

[ Childe wishes that it was a more of a simpler matter in this regard - but in some ways, it is. In that it is a being so large in concept, that thoughts in a conventional manner are potentially a bit beyond that.

...Though, there is something particularly odd about that phrasing as well - not in regards to doubting Faith. Rather, regarding the "concept" of the being. No, maybe he's overthinking...and he's not made for that. ]

I guess they're able to section off some things of their perception from you. Which makes sense, since it'd probably be too much information.

It doesn't hurt or anything, right? Perceiving those glimpses or communing.

[shieldof]

It is- a bit intense, but no. I have never actually been harmed by any of our interactions, but thank you for your concern.

["physically or emotionally, faith" anyway-]

It's- rather like a sudden rush of speed, or a moment of freefall, without the inevitable hard landing.

[qilinzuo]

[ How intense?, are the exact kind of thoughts that come to life in Childe's mind. He brushes things off easily when there is harm to him as well (of any sort), but packing away that worry, he waits for her to finish regardless. ]

Sounds practically disorienting...so, "intense" is definitely an accurate word for it.

Though, I've got to wonder, how do you hold onto your sense of self? Practice? If you can't stick the landing, it'd be hard to make sense of anything, after all.

It can apply to a lot of things, but this too.

[ He can't imagine communing with a higher entity, but needing to make sense of surroundings in the face of a fall after such disorientation...personal experience can make him imagine something like that. ]

[shieldof]

I suppose practice is the best way to describe it.

[It's never been something she's had to question before now, being so baked into her purpose and role as Solarinace's apostle.]

Communing with my god is something I've done to some degree or another as long as I remember. In smaller ways at first, though I would not have been able to recognize it as practice for my true purpose until later.

[qilinzuo]

Right, it's like...guiding when someone is young on how to learn to get used to the weight they've got to use when walking around, or something like that.

[ Given the entire situation at hand, it'd make more than enough sense if Faith didn't have cause to question it much.

But, never too late for her to think about the subject, at least. ]

...Speaking of which, what's the very first thing you learned that really caught your attention? You know, made you realize you got a rush or thrill about finding out more?

[shieldof]

Oh- easily. I still recall the first spell I successfully cast. Seeing the ways the universe worked, the flow of the weave, and just- having it click into place.

[qilinzuo]

That sounds like a lot for a first time spell!

[ You know...he's still working on his 'raising morale' and 'people's mood' skills from those not from his world, but maybe talking about this sort of thing can cheer her up. He never considered that! ]

...I'm not strictly a mage, but I've got my own skill in magic, so I know it can take awhile when you're first trying to get a hang of it.

Is the first spell you managed to learn your favorite? Or is it another kind?