Which will last up until they realize I can see right through them.
[ It isn't that they're all bad or anything. Far from it. It's just all the magicians are so new, it's impossible to tell who will actually be useful and who's only in it for fame. He will, as always, only be useful to those furthering magic for magic's sake.
That makes him more of an obstacle, really.
But he just shakes his head and moves, trailing along after Lambert as he shuffles back to find a seat, though he'll stop again at a few paces — out of reach — and idly settle his hands on his hips. He looks thoughtful, but why shouldn't he? This is a topic he thinks about often enough. ]
I might not have a choice in the matter, either, even without rumors. I aided Mr. Norrell in offending a good part of the theoretical magicians of the time, well before magic truly returned, and now that the new magicians have settled into their own factions, neither side knows what to make of me.
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[ It isn't that they're all bad or anything. Far from it. It's just all the magicians are so new, it's impossible to tell who will actually be useful and who's only in it for fame. He will, as always, only be useful to those furthering magic for magic's sake.
That makes him more of an obstacle, really.
But he just shakes his head and moves, trailing along after Lambert as he shuffles back to find a seat, though he'll stop again at a few paces — out of reach — and idly settle his hands on his hips. He looks thoughtful, but why shouldn't he? This is a topic he thinks about often enough. ]
I might not have a choice in the matter, either, even without rumors. I aided Mr. Norrell in offending a good part of the theoretical magicians of the time, well before magic truly returned, and now that the new magicians have settled into their own factions, neither side knows what to make of me.