Chapter 148: Talent and Path
Regulus heard the question but didn't answer right away. He watched Sirius, and something close to relief stirred in his chest.
The fact that he'd asked at all meant Sirius had started thinking about strength. That beating hadn't been for nothing.
No matter how much the aftershock still lingered, this was a start.
But "how did you do it" was too broad a question. Regulus barely knew where to begin.
Should he talk about the scientific thinking and rational habits that let him treat magic as a system to be decoded? The years of magical control he'd practiced since childhood, enough to cast wandlessly and silently years ago? The innate sensitivity to magic that let him feel the subtlest currents of power? The nightly star guided meditation that kept soul, body, and magic growing in lockstep?
All of those answered how, but saying them aloud would be pointless.
Talent couldn't be copied. Training methods varied from person to person. And ways of thinking were rooted in personality and lived experience.
Regulus set down his teacup.
"Think." That was the answer he chose.