[Against her better judgment, she follows -- even though every fiber of what survival instinct she has screams otherwise. It wouldn't be the first time she crawled her way into a new country (world?), completely alone and in a very bad way, and have little choice but to accept the first hand offered to her. It was either that or finding a hole to crawl into and die.
[Maybe it's also that experience that makes her so remiss about how easily aid comes to her. People are generally not so kind where she is from, but there have been some exceptions.
[Exceptions that have been swallowed into oblivion. Exceptions that deserved to be here more than her.
[Stop that.
[Jade half stares at the ground, stumbling awkwardly as she walks, avoiding any obstructions in the path. Myriad questions run through the back of her mind, but they become static noise when an odd light filters through the shadows. She shields her eyes, before realizing that the man -- Arcanist? -- must have created it.
[Taking small comfort in at least some familiar things that she can understand (that most non-magically gifted individuals would tend to consider unnatural and abhorrent), Jade finds herself intrigued more than anything by the simple instructions.]
Huh. Seems simpler than using scrolls.
[She always hated having to use those things to get back to the city.]
Just touch it? [As Jade says this, she's already reaching out to touch the stone with her right hand.]
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[Maybe it's also that experience that makes her so remiss about how easily aid comes to her. People are generally not so kind where she is from, but there have been some exceptions.
[Exceptions that have been swallowed into oblivion. Exceptions that deserved to be here more than her.
[Stop that.
[Jade half stares at the ground, stumbling awkwardly as she walks, avoiding any obstructions in the path. Myriad questions run through the back of her mind, but they become static noise when an odd light filters through the shadows. She shields her eyes, before realizing that the man -- Arcanist? -- must have created it.
[Taking small comfort in at least some familiar things that she can understand (that most non-magically gifted individuals would tend to consider unnatural and abhorrent), Jade finds herself intrigued more than anything by the simple instructions.]
Huh. Seems simpler than using scrolls.
[She always hated having to use those things to get back to the city.]
Just touch it? [As Jade says this, she's already reaching out to touch the stone with her right hand.]