Chapter 45: Questor Gossip
After their discussion wound down, Nathan asked to have a private word with Stella. He’d been putting off talking to her about wizardry, partially because he wanted to take a break from crazy magical shenanigans. He’d been excited about magic his entire life, but recently it seemed like he'd been jumping from insane magic to insane magic, and he wanted a little bit of a break without manipulating the forces of reality.
Which is insane. I think it's less that I'm tired of magic and more that I don't want to start associating figuring out magic with balancing life-or-death consequences.
But the real reason was that he knew Stella would dive headfirst into wizardry the moment he gave her a hint in that direction, heedless of the fact that she had other skills she needed to work on - and needed relaxation time of her own.
Not to mention that if we play around with fire wizardry on the ship then Eolinne will straight up murder us.
The door closed behind the other Heirs and Stella turned towards Nathan with a curious look in her eyes. “What occurs?”
Nathan offered a hesitant smile. “You asked me before about wizardry, and I said I didn’t know how to help you get there.”
Stella’s interest sharpened to something nearly palpable, a faint glow kindling behind her eyes. “Have you found the Insight?”
His smile grew. “No, but you did. Your hydrabane spell, the part of it that uses fire to generate more fire mana. That is wizardry.”
Her brow scrunched up. “It isn’t. I understand how that magic works, and all of its functions are based in mana.”