She hadn't even really thought before asking -- it was, after all, the most natural thing to her, to reach out for explanations in any way possible. It had happened before, of course, that she asked more than someone wanted to answer. That she could recognize, but all the same it felt like there was something more in his silence than she could quite read, and all she could do was wonder.
The moment passed.
By all rights, Raine should probably have been horrified by the technique he described. And she more than likely would be, later, when there was the luxury to consider the implications at length. For now, though, her mind was occupied slotting together the earlier instinctive recoil with the long, considering silence, and the incredulity in his realization. This did frighten him, didn't it.
She sighed, and some of the tension in her shoulders went with the exhalation. "Understandably," she said aloud. "It doesn't seem like the sort of thing that would be wise to experiment with often." After a moment more's thought, she inclined her head toward the recovered mushroom. "As unsettling as that movement of mana is, you appear to have done no harm. I don't think you'll get a better opportunity."
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The moment passed.
By all rights, Raine should probably have been horrified by the technique he described. And she more than likely would be, later, when there was the luxury to consider the implications at length. For now, though, her mind was occupied slotting together the earlier instinctive recoil with the long, considering silence, and the incredulity in his realization. This did frighten him, didn't it.
She sighed, and some of the tension in her shoulders went with the exhalation. "Understandably," she said aloud. "It doesn't seem like the sort of thing that would be wise to experiment with often." After a moment more's thought, she inclined her head toward the recovered mushroom. "As unsettling as that movement of mana is, you appear to have done no harm. I don't think you'll get a better opportunity."