One. I thought it was a butterfly. How did you know?
[ A beat; belatedly, as if to clarify, ]
But another time I used it it was a bird instead.
[ Honestly she hadn't been trying to make it look like anything specific, it just sort of... happened however it happened. Her subconscious might have been involved, considering she'd been in different places each time. ]
[ Not sarcastic; she's genuinely really curious about this all now, because now it's crossing her mind as well that they've surely got different deities sponsoring them and that's-- weird, isn't it? ]
No. I wasn't thinking about what it should look like, I was just trying to help. Does he make his moths on purpose?
I suppose you didn't have any reason to at the time.
[ Perfectly reasonable, as far as she's concerned. The focus of her eyes shifts as she considers the situation, then zones back in a few moments later when she realizes her fingers are still hovering over the keys. ]
Maybe if I show you my magic some time, you can tell me if it seems like the same thing as what Klaus can do.
[ There's a weird little sinking feeling in her stomach at the mere suggestion; surely he didn't think she'd...? Well, the logical part of her brain says it would be more efficient, and yet-- ]
I know.
It might be simpler to do that than to wait for something to happen to someone else but it wouldn't be right to hurt someone just so that I can heal them. Not even if it's me.
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Date: 2019-08-19 10:42 am (UTC)❰ klaus can heal it himself, but lalli asks regardless. call it curiosity. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-20 04:25 am (UTC)I can heal people.
Small wounds that is.
I don't know about big ones.
[ So, you know, only mild stabbings? ]
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Date: 2019-08-20 07:08 am (UTC)what does it look like when you use it?
are there moths
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Date: 2019-08-21 05:27 am (UTC)One. I thought it was a butterfly.
How did you know?
[ A beat; belatedly, as if to clarify, ]
But another time I used it it was a bird instead.
[ Honestly she hadn't been trying to make it look like anything specific, it just sort of... happened however it happened. Her subconscious might have been involved, considering she'd been in different places each time. ]
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Date: 2019-08-21 08:43 am (UTC)was it a bird on purpose?
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Date: 2019-08-22 04:43 am (UTC)[ Not sarcastic; she's genuinely really curious about this all now, because now it's crossing her mind as well that they've surely got different deities sponsoring them and that's-- weird, isn't it? ]
No. I wasn't thinking about what it should look like, I was just trying to help.
Does he make his moths on purpose?
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Date: 2019-08-22 07:26 am (UTC)❰ helpful, lalli. very helpful. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-23 04:55 am (UTC)[ Perfectly reasonable, as far as she's concerned. The focus of her eyes shifts as she considers the situation, then zones back in a few moments later when she realizes her fingers are still hovering over the keys. ]
Maybe if I show you my magic some time, you can tell me if it seems like the same thing as what Klaus can do.
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Date: 2019-08-27 06:49 am (UTC)❰ ......... ❱
only if someone needs it. not worth hurting yourself for
❰ he can't tell if she's the type who'd do so just for a demonstration, so it's worth the caveat. ❱
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Date: 2019-08-28 04:59 am (UTC)I know.
It might be simpler to do that than to wait for something to happen to someone else but
it wouldn't be right to hurt someone just so that I can heal them.
Not even if it's me.