Istredd has always had the capability of having connections to other people that way, and yet he's never done it. For a time he and Yennefer were linked, and it always meant a great deal to him. Technically that link has never broken, he touched on it again in Nocwich. But he simply hasn't found someone he wanted to open up that way with, until Wanda walked into his Horizon, powerful but untrained, all emotions and strength. And vulnerability. He's very fond of her.
"We have much we can teach each other, but she never had formal training, and I've had a great deal of it. It should be useful to someone."
Istredd is not the most powerful of the mages back home, that would be Yennefer, but he has always been in control and disciplined in a way that not everyone had. A good temperament for a teacher, he's found, although he didn't know that.
"We age slowly in my sphere, magic sustains our life force. I'm actually still considered young, being under a century."
Time does move differently to the long-lived too. Years and decades go by. It hasn't quite gone as fast as he knows it does for the older group, who have been at this for centuries, but he probably doesn't even remember how old he is exactly anymore. Or his birthdate, that is long lost at this point. Unimportant.
"They do have many books here of academic magic on any variety of topics you can learn spells for. Going off-book is very possible, and many of us do, but magic is dangerous. It's better for everyone new to it to learn how to cast before going in their own direction. I do think people sometimes lean one way or another when it comes to types. Some temperaments are stronger for an element or healing or illusions."
Him and Wanda's leaning toward mental magic, for example.
"I have right here a beginner's set of spells." Istredd brought them here for the express mindset of helping people start out slow. He reaches over to get the volume and offers it to her. "I also am available for teaching new magic users."
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"We have much we can teach each other, but she never had formal training, and I've had a great deal of it. It should be useful to someone."
Istredd is not the most powerful of the mages back home, that would be Yennefer, but he has always been in control and disciplined in a way that not everyone had. A good temperament for a teacher, he's found, although he didn't know that.
"We age slowly in my sphere, magic sustains our life force. I'm actually still considered young, being under a century."
Time does move differently to the long-lived too. Years and decades go by. It hasn't quite gone as fast as he knows it does for the older group, who have been at this for centuries, but he probably doesn't even remember how old he is exactly anymore. Or his birthdate, that is long lost at this point. Unimportant.
"They do have many books here of academic magic on any variety of topics you can learn spells for. Going off-book is very possible, and many of us do, but magic is dangerous. It's better for everyone new to it to learn how to cast before going in their own direction. I do think people sometimes lean one way or another when it comes to types. Some temperaments are stronger for an element or healing or illusions."
Him and Wanda's leaning toward mental magic, for example.
"I have right here a beginner's set of spells." Istredd brought them here for the express mindset of helping people start out slow. He reaches over to get the volume and offers it to her. "I also am available for teaching new magic users."