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[propulsion]

No. But you can break mirror with a lightning.

[sulahnan]

That's good to know, I guess.

[ Puts a damper on her great idea, though. ]

Is there a way to redirect lightning? Sorta...bounce it away?

[propulsion]

I think you're putting the cart before the halla. What are you doing with lightning? That's my elf question.

[sulahnan]

Nothing, evidenced by the fact that I'm asking you questions about it.

[ No matter that it's not elf-specific. ]

Trying to think of cooperative fighting techniques with mages. Say you're fighting, right, and your friend shoots lightning at someone next to you, if it chain-reacts and tries to getcha, it'd be nice to shoot it back at another enemy instead.

[propulsion]

Lightning's an instantaneous electrical discharge between two points, it's not like a shooting arrow, A to B. If you're hit you're hit.

So my big idea is stay on the mage's good side.

[sulahnan]

But if you're a mage using lightning, you gotta be able to aim it, right?

[propulsion]

[ Very flat, very fast; ] I don't know how mages do anything. And most mages you talk to also don't know how they do anything. Non-starter.

But I think you'd be within your rights to take it personal.

[sulahnan]

[ Touched a nerve, maybe? ]

Whaddya mean they don't know how they do anything? How would they do it?

[propulsion]

[ Just because he could definitely build and indeed has built something back home that describes what she is talking about but it is far less probable here without months or years of development doesn't mean a nerve has been hit!!!

Maybe a little nerve. ]

I think of it like peeing. You don't really have to know what's going on down there to do it, you know. And sometimes thinking about it makes it weirder.

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[sulahnan]

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[sulahnan]

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[sulahnan]

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[sulahnan]

Yeah I just thought too much on that.

[propulsion]

See?

[sulahnan]

Pee.

[propulsion]

Is lightning. You heard it here first.

[sulahnan]

I imagine that'll come as quite a shock to some folk.

[propulsion]

[ A singular sound; his palm, smacking his thigh. ]

[sulahnan]

So there really isn't any way?

[propulsion]

[ The first few words are sighed out; ]

Is this a problem? You said mages can aim. It's not like we're asking them to write their name in the snow, just try not to splash.

[sulahnan]

It's not a problem, it's just...

[ It's a bummer, that's what. ]

...a shame, innit.

[propulsion]

No, I mean— [ verbally waving away any mage adjacent sadness, no time or capacity for that ] —does that happen? On the battlefield? Or you just wanna zap bad guys?

[sulahnan]

I wanna zap bad guys.

[ She just wasn't about to say "hey, I want my friends to shoot lightning at me so I can throw it at people."

Because that sounds insane. ]

[propulsion]

Okay, so, the halla wasn't even before the cart. The halla never even met a cart.

[sulahnan]

I've lost track of what the halla represents. Or the cart. The whole metaphor, really.