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[propulsion]

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[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.

[propulsion]

The jist is, if you want to zap bad guys with lightning, you just say, Mr Stark, how can I, Athessa, zap the bad guys, with lightning? Otherwise I'm reverse engineering how to weaponise cleaning up mage collateral.

[sulahnan]

Alright.

[ Ahem. ]

Mister Stark, how can I, Athessa, zap the bad guys with lightning?

[propulsion]

Probably some kind of innovation involving the fusion of practical engineering, lyrium, and Fade energy. And so much money.

[sulahnan]

[ That was a bit too ready of an answer for her to believe that probably. Hmm. ]

Oh yeah? How much money?

[propulsion]

Without a shard? Hard to say. With a shard? I'll bill you.