[Open] Light Atop the Tower

[chainedqueen]

WHO: Alicent Hightower
WHAT: Catch-all, arrival
WHEN: After arrival
WHERE: Castle Thorn, Horizon
WARNING: Nothing so far, will update

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[ordinar]

[He should have expected that. The first question is easy to answer with a shake of his head.]

Nope, no magic where I'm from.

[The second question, though...for a yes-or-no question, it's complicated, because that's what anxiety does: it takes something simple and ties it into knots. Wilhelm buys a bit of time by checking on his horse before answering.]

I've...learned a little bit here. Just some basics with fire.

[chainedqueen]

[Fire magic was a bit...off putting for her. Too close to dragon fire. She'd rather something a little more elegant.]

That is reassuring to know. So many others have or possess magic already. I had yet to meet someone that is as unfamiliar with the concept as I am.

Do you learn from the Mages?

[ordinar]

[He didn't choose fire; it chose him. And he wishes it hadn't. If Wilhelm had any say in the matter, he would pull that power right out of him. Cut it out with a knife.]

The mages didn't teach me. I just...had it, all of a sudden. One of the other Summoned taught me how to control it better.

[With...mixed results.]

[chainedqueen]

Does that happen often?

[That's a horrifying thought. A sudden burst of magic that you have no idea how to control.]

[ordinar]

[Sensing the spike in her worry, he hastily reassures:]

Only sometimes.

[As far as he knows. The Summoned soak up new magical abilities all the time, thanks to their connection to the Singularity, but he doesn't know of anyone else who's had such disastrous results as him.]

Hey, maybe you'll get lucky.