It’s a long story, [ Strange says after a short beat.
But it’s one he’s had to explain often enough in Thedas that the sting’s gone out of it. Back home people generally wouldn’t pry for the Sorcerer Supreme’s history, but here he’s simply another member of Riftwatch, and a study in contradictions: the doctor who became a mage. The mage who became Head Healer, but who still can’t stitch up a cut. The real question is how much does he dump on this poor young girl’s head, when he winces uncomfortably away from anything which might seem like a traumadump.
For now, he settles on: the harmless basics. ]
Magic is democratic once you get there, but it’s also not widely known of; back home, its existence is more myth and rumour and speculation. I had some injuries which science and traditional medicine couldn’t heal, so I sought a magical cure. I found that monastery, and [ this choice of word is purposeful ] wizardry instead, and became voracious about it. It’s fascinating, going your whole life thinking reality functioned under certain limitations only to discover there’s always been doors you never even knew existed.
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But it’s one he’s had to explain often enough in Thedas that the sting’s gone out of it. Back home people generally wouldn’t pry for the Sorcerer Supreme’s history, but here he’s simply another member of Riftwatch, and a study in contradictions: the doctor who became a mage. The mage who became Head Healer, but who still can’t stitch up a cut. The real question is how much does he dump on this poor young girl’s head, when he winces uncomfortably away from anything which might seem like a traumadump.
For now, he settles on: the harmless basics. ]
Magic is democratic once you get there, but it’s also not widely known of; back home, its existence is more myth and rumour and speculation. I had some injuries which science and traditional medicine couldn’t heal, so I sought a magical cure. I found that monastery, and [ this choice of word is purposeful ] wizardry instead, and became voracious about it. It’s fascinating, going your whole life thinking reality functioned under certain limitations only to discover there’s always been doors you never even knew existed.
[ Of course he’d wanted to open all of them. ]