[ It’s a surprisingly interesting etymological difference, as far as Strange is concerned. So there’s a sharp attentiveness as he listens: it might not matter as such, but he’s meticulously filing that away regardless in the part of the mental rolodex now titled Ennaris and her world. ]
So it sounds, [ he muses, ] as if all mages here would be considered sorcerers by your definition. Either they’re born with the capacity or they’re not, is that right?
Where I’m from, [ a gesture of a hand, a tap of his scarred fingertips on her stack of books, illustrative, ] studious application will get you to magic. People might have a predilection for it or a familial lines particularly gifted with it, but strictly speaking, anyone can learn it. Fairly democratic, that way.
[ It’s evident by the warmth in his voice: he likes that about sorcery. The personal control, the direct cause and consequence. If you pour enough time and effort into a thing, you can master it. Ten years of medical school, and you can become a doctor. Most of a year of frenzied effort and reckless study and lack of sleep, and you can become a sorcerer. ]
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So it sounds, [ he muses, ] as if all mages here would be considered sorcerers by your definition. Either they’re born with the capacity or they’re not, is that right?
Where I’m from, [ a gesture of a hand, a tap of his scarred fingertips on her stack of books, illustrative, ] studious application will get you to magic. People might have a predilection for it or a familial lines particularly gifted with it, but strictly speaking, anyone can learn it. Fairly democratic, that way.
[ It’s evident by the warmth in his voice: he likes that about sorcery. The personal control, the direct cause and consequence. If you pour enough time and effort into a thing, you can master it. Ten years of medical school, and you can become a doctor. Most of a year of frenzied effort and reckless study and lack of sleep, and you can become a sorcerer. ]