Septimus conceals his amusement, and decides not to break the poor boy's brain by posing it as a 'well, what if.' Of course, he would have known that was false at twelve--but then, despite being Princeps, Alera by nature means he wasn't as sheltered as this boy seems.
"But you have to be born to be a bender? It can't be learned, just trained?" Subtle difference, that.
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Septimus conceals his amusement, and decides not to break the poor boy's brain by posing it as a 'well, what if.' Of course, he would have known that was false at twelve--but then, despite being Princeps, Alera by nature means he wasn't as sheltered as this boy seems.
"But you have to be born to be a bender? It can't be learned, just trained?" Subtle difference, that.