No, they weren't expecting that, were they? It must've been unsettling.
[ But not for him. That's the advantage to coming from a magic-less land — every fantastical action bleeds into the next. Stopping time and creating portals is a great deal more impressive than the elemental pittance that can be offered to beginners, but when it all falls into the realm of this shouldn't be possible, even the advanced stuff loses some of its lustre. He knows enough to know that what happened was a massive deal; it's also beyond him to care to the extent a regular resident of the castle would. As far as he's concerned, it's just all untapped potential.
Maybe he can get there one day.
Speaking of how it's easy for him to loop right back around into being unimpressed — or at least undaunted — by the magical fortitude of that day. ] I'm from a planet called Earth. Los Angeles, specifically. It's a highly populated coastal city. [ He's pretty sure they're not from the same place, so might as well add context right out of the gate. ] A place like this — castles, portals, magic — it's the stuff of fairytales where I'm from.
[ There's no sense in hiding the fact that where he's from is nowhere like this world. It's better to just get out in front of it. Yennefer, though, seems more at home here than he does, at least if her performance the day of the failed execution is anything to go by (and it is, and is likely a major reason as to how she got released from the dungeons in the first place. That had to be a calculated move on her part).
This feeling one another out is rather formal, but that's the environment they're in, isn't it? Everyone's got their reasons for being here. Everyone's probably got a self-serving agenda, too. At least, he'd be surprised if that wasn't the case for those who decided to stick around.
Gonna be about seeing whose agendas best help one another's, isn't it. He matches her gaze, her tone. ] What about you? You looked like you knew what were you doing that day.
[ Okay, that one actually is a compliment. He can offer a little sincerity. ]
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[ But not for him. That's the advantage to coming from a magic-less land — every fantastical action bleeds into the next. Stopping time and creating portals is a great deal more impressive than the elemental pittance that can be offered to beginners, but when it all falls into the realm of this shouldn't be possible, even the advanced stuff loses some of its lustre. He knows enough to know that what happened was a massive deal; it's also beyond him to care to the extent a regular resident of the castle would. As far as he's concerned, it's just all untapped potential.
Maybe he can get there one day.
Speaking of how it's easy for him to loop right back around into being unimpressed — or at least undaunted — by the magical fortitude of that day. ] I'm from a planet called Earth. Los Angeles, specifically. It's a highly populated coastal city. [ He's pretty sure they're not from the same place, so might as well add context right out of the gate. ] A place like this — castles, portals, magic — it's the stuff of fairytales where I'm from.
[ There's no sense in hiding the fact that where he's from is nowhere like this world. It's better to just get out in front of it. Yennefer, though, seems more at home here than he does, at least if her performance the day of the failed execution is anything to go by (and it is, and is likely a major reason as to how she got released from the dungeons in the first place. That had to be a calculated move on her part).
This feeling one another out is rather formal, but that's the environment they're in, isn't it? Everyone's got their reasons for being here. Everyone's probably got a self-serving agenda, too. At least, he'd be surprised if that wasn't the case for those who decided to stick around.
Gonna be about seeing whose agendas best help one another's, isn't it. He matches her gaze, her tone. ] What about you? You looked like you knew what were you doing that day.
[ Okay, that one actually is a compliment. He can offer a little sincerity. ]