Matt's turn to look blank, for a moment. But he'd been here long enough that he'd shed some of his ingrained hesitation to bring up m-a-g-i-c, and thank god for that. He didn't have much else. ]
Well, I was in graduate school, so I guess a scholar, yeah. And sort of a craftsperson. [ Okay, okay, enough circling the issue: ] I'm good at magic. Back home I used to do all kinds of things. Um, help plants grow healthier, take pollution out of water sources. I made some wards to prevent violent crime that had some pretty promising early results.
[ He said it all with kind of a hovering tone: Is this anything? ]
I kinda wish I was a hostage negotiator or an expert in conflict resolution, though. Then maybe Zenith and Meridian wouldn't have to be ... at odds the way they seem to be.
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Matt's turn to look blank, for a moment. But he'd been here long enough that he'd shed some of his ingrained hesitation to bring up m-a-g-i-c, and thank god for that. He didn't have much else. ]
Well, I was in graduate school, so I guess a scholar, yeah. And sort of a craftsperson. [ Okay, okay, enough circling the issue: ] I'm good at magic. Back home I used to do all kinds of things. Um, help plants grow healthier, take pollution out of water sources. I made some wards to prevent violent crime that had some pretty promising early results.
[ He said it all with kind of a hovering tone: Is this anything? ]
I kinda wish I was a hostage negotiator or an expert in conflict resolution, though. Then maybe Zenith and Meridian wouldn't have to be ... at odds the way they seem to be.