here was very little that Sin knew about the man sitting in front of him but if there was one thing he was completely sure of it was that the man wasn't paying any attention to him what so ever throughout his whole explanation. It irritated Sin to no end that someone would waste his time like this but at the same time he didn't expect anything else from a man like Fridgar. Good thing this wasn't meant to teach Fridgar anything useful. As long as he delivered on his end of the deal, Sin had gotten everything he needed from it. For a moment, Sin wondered if this had been how Doran had felt about him in the beginning. Despite his dislike for the man's inability to follow, Sin did his best to keep up a friendly face.
"That was the deal, yes." Sin said, responding to Fridgar's question. Why was it that interesting women in his life always went for the idiots? First Padraig and now Fridgar. Fridgar was big, muscular and had just tried to assault him as a bear so when the man told him they were leaving to go buy food, Sin complied. He grabbed his pack and put everything back in it and swung it over his shoulder. Did Fridgar even realize they were about three breaks away from the city gates? While it was true that they'd arrive in Andaris around lunchtime, Sin had been planning on practicing. Although, perhaps Fridgar's lesson on becoming might prove valuable enough. With his backpack on his back, Sin hurried through the snow to catch up with Fridgar before the man started his explanation.
It was indeed a necklace the bear had been wearing. Sin tried to get a better look at the totem Fridgar showed him but walking, listening and trying to get a good look at small piece of wood or something was difficult to combine. Sin nodded as they walked further. Despite many arguments, long nights and somewhat of a knowitall attitude, Sin quickly came to miss Doran's way of teaching as Fridgar kept talking. "Do these substances need to be in a certain place or do you need to do something with them before making a totem? I mean, I assume it's not just putting some fur, blood and bone together and you're done, right?" It seemed that these totems where the thing Sin was looking for. If he could mask his natural ability to shift between faces and races by wearing some of these on his person, he'd be able to get away with a lot more shapeshifting. After all, being caught using an unlicensed magic was much better than getting caught being an Yludih.
"I get you. So the totems are sort of the same as the sundial. They help to channel your ether so you can better control the effects, right?" Sin thought out loud, running his thumb over his chin. There was a surprising amount of information in Fridgar's explanation. He'd expected more grunting for some reason. As if he'd suddenly thought about it, Sin added something else. "Oh, right, the sundial is something that helps people with my magic to travel across Idalos. You could visit Treidhart and come back in a few trills using one of them. Sadly, using one is still far beyond my skill with the magic." He shrugged, seemingly stating a fact as he described his own skills.
Sin hadn't even thought about the pain yet. Rupturing didn't hurt and for some reason the thought hadn't come to mind. Reshaping a body like that would cause immense pain across the entire body. Perhaps the totems helped to contain the magic while the becomer was being wracked with pain strong enough to break the concentration of even the strongest minds. It was clear that the magic wouldn't suit Sin even if he wanted to learn it. While he had only learned the very basics for it, Sin figured that his own abilities were of a similar caliber and required no ether to use, something that Sin thought was quite the blessing for a someone like him who overstepped rather quickly with only one magic under his belt.
"Actually, talking about food, instead of going all the way back to Andaris, which will take two or three breaks, why don't we go meet someone I know near here. I'm sure he'll give you a good deal on his food. It'll be quicker to get and we can go back to the grove and we could show each other some more of our magic. I was actually trying something new before you came around. Do you know any other animal forms? Their walk had already taken them past Sin's ancestral home so the walk to the farmer Sin was talking about would take around half a break to finish. If he could convince Fridgar to go back with him, he could observe the becoming with much more focus. "Besides the immense pain you mentioned, are there any drawbacks to using the magic? What if you change forms a few times in a row, for example? I know many magicians have suffered incredible backlash from using their magic."
"That was the deal, yes." Sin said, responding to Fridgar's question. Why was it that interesting women in his life always went for the idiots? First Padraig and now Fridgar. Fridgar was big, muscular and had just tried to assault him as a bear so when the man told him they were leaving to go buy food, Sin complied. He grabbed his pack and put everything back in it and swung it over his shoulder. Did Fridgar even realize they were about three breaks away from the city gates? While it was true that they'd arrive in Andaris around lunchtime, Sin had been planning on practicing. Although, perhaps Fridgar's lesson on becoming might prove valuable enough. With his backpack on his back, Sin hurried through the snow to catch up with Fridgar before the man started his explanation.
It was indeed a necklace the bear had been wearing. Sin tried to get a better look at the totem Fridgar showed him but walking, listening and trying to get a good look at small piece of wood or something was difficult to combine. Sin nodded as they walked further. Despite many arguments, long nights and somewhat of a knowitall attitude, Sin quickly came to miss Doran's way of teaching as Fridgar kept talking. "Do these substances need to be in a certain place or do you need to do something with them before making a totem? I mean, I assume it's not just putting some fur, blood and bone together and you're done, right?" It seemed that these totems where the thing Sin was looking for. If he could mask his natural ability to shift between faces and races by wearing some of these on his person, he'd be able to get away with a lot more shapeshifting. After all, being caught using an unlicensed magic was much better than getting caught being an Yludih.
"I get you. So the totems are sort of the same as the sundial. They help to channel your ether so you can better control the effects, right?" Sin thought out loud, running his thumb over his chin. There was a surprising amount of information in Fridgar's explanation. He'd expected more grunting for some reason. As if he'd suddenly thought about it, Sin added something else. "Oh, right, the sundial is something that helps people with my magic to travel across Idalos. You could visit Treidhart and come back in a few trills using one of them. Sadly, using one is still far beyond my skill with the magic." He shrugged, seemingly stating a fact as he described his own skills.
Sin hadn't even thought about the pain yet. Rupturing didn't hurt and for some reason the thought hadn't come to mind. Reshaping a body like that would cause immense pain across the entire body. Perhaps the totems helped to contain the magic while the becomer was being wracked with pain strong enough to break the concentration of even the strongest minds. It was clear that the magic wouldn't suit Sin even if he wanted to learn it. While he had only learned the very basics for it, Sin figured that his own abilities were of a similar caliber and required no ether to use, something that Sin thought was quite the blessing for a someone like him who overstepped rather quickly with only one magic under his belt.
"Actually, talking about food, instead of going all the way back to Andaris, which will take two or three breaks, why don't we go meet someone I know near here. I'm sure he'll give you a good deal on his food. It'll be quicker to get and we can go back to the grove and we could show each other some more of our magic. I was actually trying something new before you came around. Do you know any other animal forms? Their walk had already taken them past Sin's ancestral home so the walk to the farmer Sin was talking about would take around half a break to finish. If he could convince Fridgar to go back with him, he could observe the becoming with much more focus. "Besides the immense pain you mentioned, are there any drawbacks to using the magic? What if you change forms a few times in a row, for example? I know many magicians have suffered incredible backlash from using their magic."
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