"So you can't be dangerous unless you already know what you are doing?"
Kell was always somewhat fascinated by technology. It started with his visits to Grey London where he observed things that lasted years, decades even, when back in his home city a current change in fashion could have demolished and rebuilt any structure in days. The buildings in Grey London took a lot of time to construct, but then they lasted. They were familiar objects in the landscape of the city. When his home was ever-changing with only the river and the palace being the stable points of Red London's geography, the Grey had a panorama that unfolded with time, but slower and what looked more organic. He didn't appreciate the drabness of it all. He would never trade his city for the other. But he did start collecting odd trinkets, marvelling at the care, time, effort and ingenuity that went in producing them. Even if even a most mundane spell would do the same task faster and with more flourish.
He manages not to shiver visibly at the touch. It's still an odd feeling for him. Back home, people weren't so keen on touching him. Or rather if they did, even by accident, they usually apologized profusely, and that at the least made Kell feel uncomfortable. He hated being singled out this way. Here, though, he still can't get used to people being a lot reserved with him. Sometimes, downright friendly.
So he follows after Jayce to the list, through the short corridor to the magnificent door. Pausing only for the briefest of moments, when the level of ornamentation on the door to what looks like another study, stab him with a completely unexpected bout of homesickness. The style is far from what he knows from home, but the feel of it. Kell takes a deep breath to push the sadness away, this not the time for it, and only then takes a step inside. It helps when he does. Sanct! This is something!
"Pretty neat! That's magic I can recognize."
He pokes a floating gear, and it bounces gracefully in the opposite direction. They had floating structures back home, magic to make object weight less for transportation, but to make a whole area like that? That's another level.
"How did you manage to make it affect the whole room?"
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Kell was always somewhat fascinated by technology. It started with his visits to Grey London where he observed things that lasted years, decades even, when back in his home city a current change in fashion could have demolished and rebuilt any structure in days. The buildings in Grey London took a lot of time to construct, but then they lasted. They were familiar objects in the landscape of the city. When his home was ever-changing with only the river and the palace being the stable points of Red London's geography, the Grey had a panorama that unfolded with time, but slower and what looked more organic. He didn't appreciate the drabness of it all. He would never trade his city for the other. But he did start collecting odd trinkets, marvelling at the care, time, effort and ingenuity that went in producing them. Even if even a most mundane spell would do the same task faster and with more flourish.
He manages not to shiver visibly at the touch. It's still an odd feeling for him. Back home, people weren't so keen on touching him. Or rather if they did, even by accident, they usually apologized profusely, and that at the least made Kell feel uncomfortable.
He hated being singled out this way. Here, though, he still can't get used to people being a lot reserved with him. Sometimes, downright friendly.
So he follows after Jayce to the list, through the short corridor to the magnificent door. Pausing only for the briefest of moments, when the level of ornamentation on the door to what looks like another study, stab him with a completely unexpected bout of homesickness. The style is far from what he knows from home, but the feel of it. Kell takes a deep breath to push the sadness away, this not the time for it, and only then takes a step inside. It helps when he does. Sanct! This is something!
"Pretty neat! That's magic I can recognize."
He pokes a floating gear, and it bounces gracefully in the opposite direction. They had floating structures back home, magic to make object weight less for transportation, but to make a whole area like that? That's another level.
"How did you manage to make it affect the whole room?"