"It's true, and if I'm being honest - or just telling on myself - flashy and dramatic usually are my signatures." Claude's kidding, kind of, though there's the temptation to clarify that slightly by telling Kell his friends from home wouldn't disagree with that assessment either. As much as he enjoys bending wind gusts to his will or forming them into blades, there's no denying the sheer theatricality of a lightning bolt crashing into the midst of battle. "But until the day comes when I can pick up one or the other, I certainly won't say no to a practice partner here. I'm certain there's ways to combine fire and wind even in the midst of all this snow to be something devastating."
Something he hopes they won't need, but as said before: best to prepare ahead of time rather than finding out they need last resorts at the worst possible timing for such a discovery. And even if their experiments here result in nothing more gained than mischief: that's still valuable enough in Claude's mind. They could all use distractions now.
At the question of dark magic, Claude needs a second to think. Perhaps it's fitting he chose to bring it up given their recent experiences here in Abraxas and how those both align and don't from what he's been told. As he considers the best explanation, he spends a couple moments also fidgeting with the leaves of their discovery.
"I would say it bears some similarities to what we went through," he finally says, dropping his hand away from his plant pretense. "Not entirely in the practicality of it since the spells function as attacks upon their targets, but the roots of it are... generally associated with those who've been through a ritual themselves if my understanding of it is correct." Claude's silent for another moment, though his reluctance to be more specific isn't directed towards Kell but rather because on this topic, he's not sure what those from Fodlan know. Maybe there's no harm in sharing more at all.
"I only know of two rather proficient mages able to cast the spells who weren't associated with this group, and one of whom's since passed away. Most of what was written about it has been carefully removed from available tomes."
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Something he hopes they won't need, but as said before: best to prepare ahead of time rather than finding out they need last resorts at the worst possible timing for such a discovery. And even if their experiments here result in nothing more gained than mischief: that's still valuable enough in Claude's mind. They could all use distractions now.
At the question of dark magic, Claude needs a second to think. Perhaps it's fitting he chose to bring it up given their recent experiences here in Abraxas and how those both align and don't from what he's been told. As he considers the best explanation, he spends a couple moments also fidgeting with the leaves of their discovery.
"I would say it bears some similarities to what we went through," he finally says, dropping his hand away from his plant pretense. "Not entirely in the practicality of it since the spells function as attacks upon their targets, but the roots of it are... generally associated with those who've been through a ritual themselves if my understanding of it is correct." Claude's silent for another moment, though his reluctance to be more specific isn't directed towards Kell but rather because on this topic, he's not sure what those from Fodlan know. Maybe there's no harm in sharing more at all.
"I only know of two rather proficient mages able to cast the spells who weren't associated with this group, and one of whom's since passed away. Most of what was written about it has been carefully removed from available tomes."