[ OPEN ] you got a shock to your system

[godshattering]

Who: Claude and you!
When: May + June
Where: Aquila, Cadens, Libertas, the Horizon, Nocwich
What: Catch all for both months
Warnings: None currently, will add/mark as needed


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[ushiri]

[ Kahlil studies the wound with Claude's pointing, noting the minute changes. He glances up and meets his friend's gaze with a small, crooked smile just as a small wave of dizziness rolls over him. This, he's a little prepared for. He was warned about it when he first started learning Academic Magic. All spellwork takes something from the one doing the casting. Using the Gray Space is the same, if more hazardous.

A part of him wondered if he could even do this at all. If he might find he wasn't made for healing, only violence. ]

Alright -

[ At Claude's instruction he does relax a little bit, his shoulders loosening with the grip on his hand. Then, he tries again. Closes his eyes and concentrates on that thread from before. He focuses more of himself through it this time, drawing from that same well - emboldened by his first small success. The burn starts to almost heat up for a second, then cools as more of it fades and shifts to a healthy color.

This time Kahlil noticeably sways in place from the effort. ]

[godshattering]

[ The smile's encouraging since it's not lost on Claude that learning another world's magic must be daunting. That's before even including the magic here in Abraxas which must affect this, them, everything beyond what they even know. He's not going to add any extra doubts in there if Kyle's already feeling anything not showing, so when he seems to brace himself to try again - Claude waits patiently.

It seems to take less time for magic to whisper over him in that familiar way promising relief from any ailments. Again his hand begin to smart less as some of the residual pain is whisked away with that healing, and he watches in fascination while it happens. Even if it's magic he's familiar with, the process is still as intriguing as it is when his Crest activates.

Until he looks up to see Kyle's movement which doesn't seem entirely voluntary, and - ]

Easy there, [ gets murmured when he pulls his hand from Kyle's light hold to place his hands on the other man's upper arms to steady him, and not without a little bit of concern. ] Don't make yourself pass out over a burn, especially not when this one was my own fault. I've been through much worse, promise.

[ With a grin, like that's reassuring, but he does mean it about Kyle not overdoing it. It won't take away the exhaustion that might already be creeping in, but Claud sends a quick flash of Faith magic through the other to remove some of what else he might be feeling, with any luck. ]

You still doing alright?

[ushiri]

[ His concentration breaks when Claude pulls his hand away to steady him. Kahlil's face flushes faintly, and he eyes his friend with a wry look meant to mask his faint embarrassment. ]

I know, I've seen. [ And only recently too. It's still a bit early to be making light about what the kidnapped went through though. And he's distracted again anyway when the magic is cast over him, a bit of warmth blooming within his chest. It seems to steady him. ]

I'm fine. [ He purses his lips, and takes Claude's hand in his own again. ] One more go.

[ He thinks he can finish healing it. The use of foreign magic might be draining at first no matter how confident he is, but he is confident now. Kahlil has always been a quick study with the right motivation. ]

[godshattering]

[ He's about to add some more reassurance, but Kyle's response successfully catches Claude off guard for once. It takes him a second to place that having seen it before, considering he'd been thinking of the war and things long before that. But then there's the time they were trapped in the labyrinth - even if that wasn't real - and the rather terrible state he'd been in after the events of pit.

In the end, there's nothing he can really offer except a smile that's still rather pleased even for being politely yet firmly corrected, because: touché. ]

Well, you've got me there, so let's give it another try. I believe in you.

[ That smile makes it all the way into his voice since he's entirely too amused over it, but the latter part he does mean rather seriously as he's not one to stand in the way of progress to be made. If Kyle says he's good to go then Claude trusts that and the confidence behind it.

It's easy enough then to go quiet once more and hold still to keep from interfering with the other man's concentration, intent on watching to see what happens. ]