"A telepath is someone who can connect their mind with someone else. It is something like how we can send messages to each other, only they can do it all the time if they wish. Within reason."
Istredd is a polite person, he doesn't read people's minds or push his way in, he asks permission and respects boundaries. But he has the ability to do it more aggressively. He was trained on breaking other people's minds and forcing information out of them, thanks to his mentor who actively does the same. And because of Stregobor's general terribleness, it means he would never do the same unless it is the only way. Even then, he doesn't want to. This domain is a love letter to the positive things about being a psychic mage, about how smoothly a mind can create given the space and encouragement.
"This exists on the psychic plane, meaning it's in our minds. The crater does exist in the real world, and the people of this world will die if they go into it, but not us. We end up here." Outside of one time of the year, which is coming up shortly and will mean a great deal to him. "I can read minds and create grand illusions, but no one in the history of our magic would be able to make this. But the Singularity isn't a person."
Istredd is still trying to find out what it is; it is certainly not a rock. Not a monolith. It must be pure power, of a kind, filling this sphere with powerful magic. It's beautiful. He's slightly in love with it, as a concept. He turns his attention back to Claude.
"I haven't had many visitors, although I did a recent remodeling of the outside. I suppose it was rather foreboding before." The giant monolith to him represented many things, but in truth it was probably unnerving to other people. He removed it when Cirilla was upset by it. Perhaps having a visitor proves that it was a good idea.
"Thorne leans heavily on academic magic, spellbooks, covering every type of magic this realm has. Probably more than we see, as they control everything we are able to get our hands on." That means Istredd does believe there are higher level books, such as the one that brought them here in the first place. He can look for forbidden books all he wants. It's unlikely to happen. "But anyone can become a very strong mage spending enough time there." So that is why her Majesty has so many extremely powerful mages at hand. The type who could rain meteors down.
"Thorne is a prison." Istredd speaks bluntly because they are here. "We are trapped there, barely allowed to go out of the castle. They threw Summoned in the dungeon before. I have tested the wards myself. They're listening all the time, there's no privacy. You can get arrested for speaking out of turn about the monarchy. Understand that if you speak to more of us. It is not the way we've heard others live. We can't make businesses or really have jobs of our own. We're dependent on them."
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Istredd is a polite person, he doesn't read people's minds or push his way in, he asks permission and respects boundaries. But he has the ability to do it more aggressively. He was trained on breaking other people's minds and forcing information out of them, thanks to his mentor who actively does the same. And because of Stregobor's general terribleness, it means he would never do the same unless it is the only way. Even then, he doesn't want to. This domain is a love letter to the positive things about being a psychic mage, about how smoothly a mind can create given the space and encouragement.
"This exists on the psychic plane, meaning it's in our minds. The crater does exist in the real world, and the people of this world will die if they go into it, but not us. We end up here." Outside of one time of the year, which is coming up shortly and will mean a great deal to him. "I can read minds and create grand illusions, but no one in the history of our magic would be able to make this. But the Singularity isn't a person."
Istredd is still trying to find out what it is; it is certainly not a rock. Not a monolith. It must be pure power, of a kind, filling this sphere with powerful magic. It's beautiful. He's slightly in love with it, as a concept. He turns his attention back to Claude.
"I haven't had many visitors, although I did a recent remodeling of the outside. I suppose it was rather foreboding before." The giant monolith to him represented many things, but in truth it was probably unnerving to other people. He removed it when Cirilla was upset by it. Perhaps having a visitor proves that it was a good idea.
"Thorne leans heavily on academic magic, spellbooks, covering every type of magic this realm has. Probably more than we see, as they control everything we are able to get our hands on." That means Istredd does believe there are higher level books, such as the one that brought them here in the first place. He can look for forbidden books all he wants. It's unlikely to happen. "But anyone can become a very strong mage spending enough time there." So that is why her Majesty has so many extremely powerful mages at hand. The type who could rain meteors down.
"Thorne is a prison." Istredd speaks bluntly because they are here. "We are trapped there, barely allowed to go out of the castle. They threw Summoned in the dungeon before. I have tested the wards myself. They're listening all the time, there's no privacy. You can get arrested for speaking out of turn about the monarchy. Understand that if you speak to more of us. It is not the way we've heard others live. We can't make businesses or really have jobs of our own. We're dependent on them."