[Spy on the Emperor. Sure, Zatanna said she'd be willing to help if there was any way she could...but when it was spelled so out in the open like that, the hesitation in her eyes become a little clearer. For several reasons, each more worrisome than the last.]
[Not that she was backing down.]
[She focused instead on the charm. Turning it over in her hands, reverting to every basic bit of knowledge she had been taught in an effort to identity it.]
It has power. [The simplest of them all. Normally something that went without saying, except for one important detail:] But if it had been charmed by someone remotely, it shouldn't work like this, here, right? So that must mean its power is self-sustaining.
[She took a moment to run her fingers over the intricate carvings] Look like...water? Waves and rivers or streams. [It could've been a red herring, but an innate magic object with obvious designs on it] ...could its power be elemental in nature?
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[Not that she was backing down.]
[She focused instead on the charm. Turning it over in her hands, reverting to every basic bit of knowledge she had been taught in an effort to identity it.]
It has power. [The simplest of them all. Normally something that went without saying, except for one important detail:] But if it had been charmed by someone remotely, it shouldn't work like this, here, right? So that must mean its power is self-sustaining.
[She took a moment to run her fingers over the intricate carvings] Look like...water? Waves and rivers or streams. [It could've been a red herring, but an innate magic object with obvious designs on it] ...could its power be elemental in nature?