"He's been reciting spells for me for years." Laurean waved a hand dismissively. "He just needs to say the words."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"Absolutely not!" Kivvien exclaimed, horrified. "I will not allow such high-level spells to be performed by anyone without proper training! Any one of the spells could backfire horribly!"
(I'm picturing, like, the spell falling back on the caster and not the environment, possibly leaving the caster grievously injured or at best painlessly disfigured, which is why Laurean wouldn't care)(I feel like he might if it threatened his books or something but idk for sure)
"He's had no trouble before!" Laurean stalked forward until he was nose to nose with Kivvien. "Why don't you mind your own business? I always see to it the homunculus performs the spells properly." Hieronymus scuttled under the table, cowering as the two argued.
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"He reads more than he does anything else. He knows the consequences and he's studied as thoroughly as any student would. He's practically my wand."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"Use a damn wand! A single mistake could kill him. Your eyes may not work but your voice still plagues us all, at least use it for something purposeful!"
"How am I to say the words if I can't see them?" he growled.
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"I'm ninety-seven years old," he retorted. "And I don't want the damn thing done twice, so I can't very well have him doing a 'repeat after me' routine, can I?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"I beg your pardon! How is any of that related at all? It's dangerous to cast two spells at once, don't you know that?"
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
"Then you go ahead and do it, if you don't like my method."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
He crossed his arms. "Homunculus, set the book down and let the young scholar do it his way."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
