A conduit moment. [ It's not exactly a foreign concept. She knows she's seen movies and shows, read books, with the same basic idea -- the hero gets trapped in a bad situation, feels overwhelmed or angry, then some kind of magical deus ex machina happens and starts them on their journey. It's nothing more than an overused trope for hacks to fall back on, or at least she thought it was. But everyone in Abraxas seems to have access to magic. Maybe some people have more or less talent, sensitivity, for it, but it seems to be akin to singing or acting. Not everyone is good enough to attend Julliard, but everyone can have fun with it in their room at home.
Her brow knits when she thinks about it. Remembers the first night she ever tried to do magic. Nadine was concentrating so hard, focusing so much to make her spell work, and all Julie could think about was how she could never do that, it was too complicated and difficult. That Nadine would just be disappointed in her when she failed. She remembers how upset she was, that someone finally had faith in her and she knew she was just going to let them down; it hurt so much that she thought her chest might explode. Then she'd put her head down to hide her face, and the flames in the fireplace burst out into the room. Julie hadn't even seen it. ]
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Her brow knits when she thinks about it. Remembers the first night she ever tried to do magic. Nadine was concentrating so hard, focusing so much to make her spell work, and all Julie could think about was how she could never do that, it was too complicated and difficult. That Nadine would just be disappointed in her when she failed. She remembers how upset she was, that someone finally had faith in her and she knew she was just going to let them down; it hurt so much that she thought her chest might explode. Then she'd put her head down to hide her face, and the flames in the fireplace burst out into the room. Julie hadn't even seen it. ]
Can you be a mage if you don't have one?