And yet I can think of no one better suited to the task.
[It seemed she had missed the humor in Adelaide's tone. Her smile was gentle and honest. That she knew no other wizards, or however they were called in this land, was unimportant. She would have liked none other than Adelaide and trusted no one else so utterly, not in all of Thedas.]
I expect I shall require a measure of your boundless patience and kindness before I have learned anything of note.
[Were her own skills of any use at all, she would have offered to share them. Unfortunately, if she lacked the power to maintain them, there was no hope for a mortal soul...even one with a partner as expansive as Adelaide's.]
I cannot say I am not counted among the maleficar, for I do not know what they are, but reading hearts...it is an old skill, one that has passed out of memory and been forgotten. It is the same skill that allowed me to call to you, though why it is so weak here...I do not know.
[It was puzzling and disconcerting in equal measure and the longer she pondered it, the less she desired to. It was a childish urge, evading the unknown and fearful, but she had no answers nor paths to a solution. Lingering on unpleasant thoughts was indulgence if she couldn't further her goals...limited as they were in Thedas.]
I fear all my skills are so diminished, though I lack the desire to test them, or to know for certain. To learn how your people draw power, how you achieve such magics, that would be valuable beyond measure.
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[It seemed she had missed the humor in Adelaide's tone. Her smile was gentle and honest. That she knew no other wizards, or however they were called in this land, was unimportant. She would have liked none other than Adelaide and trusted no one else so utterly, not in all of Thedas.]
I expect I shall require a measure of your boundless patience and kindness before I have learned anything of note.
[Were her own skills of any use at all, she would have offered to share them. Unfortunately, if she lacked the power to maintain them, there was no hope for a mortal soul...even one with a partner as expansive as Adelaide's.]
I cannot say I am not counted among the maleficar, for I do not know what they are, but reading hearts...it is an old skill, one that has passed out of memory and been forgotten. It is the same skill that allowed me to call to you, though why it is so weak here...I do not know.
[It was puzzling and disconcerting in equal measure and the longer she pondered it, the less she desired to. It was a childish urge, evading the unknown and fearful, but she had no answers nor paths to a solution. Lingering on unpleasant thoughts was indulgence if she couldn't further her goals...limited as they were in Thedas.]
I fear all my skills are so diminished, though I lack the desire to test them, or to know for certain. To learn how your people draw power, how you achieve such magics, that would be valuable beyond measure.