[He was tense, enough to that Pumpkin had even moved to curl against his neck to try and calm him, purring heavily that one ear was practically useless. Yet, it did keep him from immediately becoming unfriendly.
Sure, it wasn't his favorite subject, but Hawke had been a mage and someone he valued and trusted with his entire being, he knows that not all mages are Danarius, even if Anders and Merrell did much to try and prove that wrong.. He knows that Xenk uses magic and that others here do too and that magic isn't the corrupting power that it is in Thedas that few are strong willed enough to resist.
He knows this. Yet the topic of magic always sets him on edge, as if he will find yet another person who is like Anders.
Yet this woman.. she speaks to animals because she was born with it, her magic is connected to the forest not blood or demons.. she wasn't even sure about the tattoos...
He relaxes visibly, though his expression is as broody and calm as he has been.]
I see. Well, if you have magical abilities, they are inert here without the tattoo. How, I do not know or understand, but that is the way of it. [His own Lyrium is inert, though... he is considering a tattoo to reactivate it. After struggling when fighting at half his capabilities before, he finds he is reluctant to go without again.]
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Sure, it wasn't his favorite subject, but Hawke had been a mage and someone he valued and trusted with his entire being, he knows that not all mages are Danarius, even if Anders and Merrell did much to try and prove that wrong.. He knows that Xenk uses magic and that others here do too and that magic isn't the corrupting power that it is in Thedas that few are strong willed enough to resist.
He knows this. Yet the topic of magic always sets him on edge, as if he will find yet another person who is like Anders.
Yet this woman.. she speaks to animals because she was born with it, her magic is connected to the forest not blood or demons.. she wasn't even sure about the tattoos...
He relaxes visibly, though his expression is as broody and calm as he has been.]
I see. Well, if you have magical abilities, they are inert here without the tattoo. How, I do not know or understand, but that is the way of it. [His own Lyrium is inert, though... he is considering a tattoo to reactivate it. After struggling when fighting at half his capabilities before, he finds he is reluctant to go without again.]