The mention of sixty years and longevity gets a slight eye narrow from Claude, there and gone in a flash, because: sixty? That's nowhere near whatever age he might've guessed Istredd could be, having maybe thought half of that or so. But. Looks can be deceiving as he'd learned with Rhea who was several hundred years older than she appeared. Perhaps the same thing is at play here. Though unlike Rhea, at least Istredd is being upfront about whatever's tied to this, whatever the unknown might be.
"A telepath," he repeats, considering what word he's not familiar with could mean in the context of what Istredd's provided and previously explained about how his domain works. "There's something further to do with our minds in that case? Rather than just the connection to the Singularity alone creating everything we have? I can't say I fully understand being, well, here," with a gesture to around them meant to encompass the Horizon as a whole, "but it's been a rather fortunate way to meet people."
Such as Istredd himself, someone who Claude's rapidly finding fascinating, and offers smile meant to say as much. "Especially considering the two of us being in different places, as unless things suddenly became much less tense - and Nocwich wasn't an option - it'd be unlikely for us to ever meet in person or know the other existed.
"But speaking of Thorne, I've heard much about their magic from others but not from anyone in Thorne themselves. Much of what I've heard makes it seem like the magic popular there resembles what I know from where I'm from, in terms of learning from spellbooks or other texts."
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"A telepath," he repeats, considering what word he's not familiar with could mean in the context of what Istredd's provided and previously explained about how his domain works. "There's something further to do with our minds in that case? Rather than just the connection to the Singularity alone creating everything we have? I can't say I fully understand being, well, here," with a gesture to around them meant to encompass the Horizon as a whole, "but it's been a rather fortunate way to meet people."
Such as Istredd himself, someone who Claude's rapidly finding fascinating, and offers smile meant to say as much. "Especially considering the two of us being in different places, as unless things suddenly became much less tense - and Nocwich wasn't an option - it'd be unlikely for us to ever meet in person or know the other existed.
"But speaking of Thorne, I've heard much about their magic from others but not from anyone in Thorne themselves. Much of what I've heard makes it seem like the magic popular there resembles what I know from where I'm from, in terms of learning from spellbooks or other texts."