"So you've... only had the one other person? That sounds fucking lonely."
Jeff can't imagine not having community like that. He's always had other Gifted people in his life. Not just his family, but his bandmates, and just about every friend he's ever... well, called a friend.
Nobody could teach him how to work magic, but they at least knew what it was like, cultivating an understanding of the Gift, and urging it into the world through countless hours of practice and study and experimentation and, yeah, sometimes wildly dangerous trial and error!
"I mean... It's all trial and error with me, too." He offers a smile, a real one. "One time, when I was-- when I was first figuring out the light tricks? It flared so bright, I totally thought I went blind. Oh man, and when I was a kid, I set random shit on fire soooo many times before I could light a candle-- and at that point it's like, 'why even learn this crap when I could just grab a lighter,' you know?"
Which is, incidentally, why most Gifted people don't really bother cultivating that special connection with magic. Why bother, when modern living rendered so much of the basics a total waste of time?
"But, um, hey. I'm always trying to work out new spells, if you ever wanna... trial and error with company. At least you won't be bashing your head alone."
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Jeff can't imagine not having community like that. He's always had other Gifted people in his life. Not just his family, but his bandmates, and just about every friend he's ever... well, called a friend.
Nobody could teach him how to work magic, but they at least knew what it was like, cultivating an understanding of the Gift, and urging it into the world through countless hours of practice and study and experimentation and, yeah, sometimes wildly dangerous trial and error!
"I mean... It's all trial and error with me, too." He offers a smile, a real one. "One time, when I was-- when I was first figuring out the light tricks? It flared so bright, I totally thought I went blind. Oh man, and when I was a kid, I set random shit on fire soooo many times before I could light a candle-- and at that point it's like, 'why even learn this crap when I could just grab a lighter,' you know?"
Which is, incidentally, why most Gifted people don't really bother cultivating that special connection with magic. Why bother, when modern living rendered so much of the basics a total waste of time?
"But, um, hey. I'm always trying to work out new spells, if you ever wanna... trial and error with company. At least you won't be bashing your head alone."