[That's interesting--that's something confirmed that Linden had been so dodgy with on their first and fateful meeting: His world did lack nagic. Or, if it had it, it didn't have it to the extent anyone might be knowledgeable of its rules...
Which, fairly, not even everyone on Thedas was.]
There might be something, [he says, keeping his tone level and passing kind by force of will alone,] that magic can do; but it has its own rules, and the principle one here in Talam is that it all comes at a price. The cost might be higher than anyone with the ability might willingly pay.
[He rises from where he's sitting as he hears the other fellow come round, to put himself on more even footing. Dealing with someone so utterly bristling--even when Myr would do it kindly--always feels a little like a fight and he can't fight sitting down.]
Or they might tell us exactly what the other healers have said: It's on him now to come out of this. [More quietly,] I've faith he can. He seems to exist by the force of his own will alone.
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Which, fairly, not even everyone on Thedas was.]
There might be something, [he says, keeping his tone level and passing kind by force of will alone,] that magic can do; but it has its own rules, and the principle one here in Talam is that it all comes at a price. The cost might be higher than anyone with the ability might willingly pay.
[He rises from where he's sitting as he hears the other fellow come round, to put himself on more even footing. Dealing with someone so utterly bristling--even when Myr would do it kindly--always feels a little like a fight and he can't fight sitting down.]
Or they might tell us exactly what the other healers have said: It's on him now to come out of this. [More quietly,] I've faith he can. He seems to exist by the force of his own will alone.