[He chews on that as he inspects the marks he made on the floor. This ship is so silent other than them and the sound. It's eerie. Sometimes he wonders if they're really trapped in a dream and are actually still at the temple.
But surreal experiences are just something he's long since become resigned to having in his life.]
I think anyone her age or around there thinks full adults are idiots.
[His mind drifts back to the swamp where the knights went after a child. Where the trees put a violent end to that. She's switched shapes and her memories let him change his shape. All the magic she woven and the ways she guarded herself...reminds him a lot of several people he's known and in some small vague way it reminds him of Gaelio.
That man had been so confused why he kept trying to reach him. He sees that confusion echoed in her face.]
...and she is truly a magic user. Magic users are why I am the way I am. I know them. But magic users in her world are either barely tolerated with a leash around their necks. Or killed if they were trained outside of a rigid system that's basically a prison.
Witnessing that in her memories put her issues with authority into perspective. She's as bad as Keith used to be about them.
[He pauses as an idea hits him. Keith might glare at him for it but hey, he's an in his twenties adult who is slightly bored.]
Keith makes it pretty obvious he never expected to be a leader. Salute him sometime with a yes sir. He'll have at least two seconds of shock on his face.
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But surreal experiences are just something he's long since become resigned to having in his life.]
I think anyone her age or around there thinks full adults are idiots.
[His mind drifts back to the swamp where the knights went after a child. Where the trees put a violent end to that. She's switched shapes and her memories let him change his shape. All the magic she woven and the ways she guarded herself...reminds him a lot of several people he's known and in some small vague way it reminds him of Gaelio.
That man had been so confused why he kept trying to reach him. He sees that confusion echoed in her face.]
...and she is truly a magic user. Magic users are why I am the way I am. I know them. But magic users in her world are either barely tolerated with a leash around their necks. Or killed if they were trained outside of a rigid system that's basically a prison.
Witnessing that in her memories put her issues with authority into perspective. She's as bad as Keith used to be about them.
[He pauses as an idea hits him. Keith might glare at him for it but hey, he's an in his twenties adult who is slightly bored.]
Keith makes it pretty obvious he never expected to be a leader. Salute him sometime with a yes sir. He'll have at least two seconds of shock on his face.