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Well. One must show off now and then.

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And yet little good that does me, hm?

[velluminous]

Fine, then. Continue your feeling.

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[Well, then. He will.

In another showing of uncharacteristic patience from Sholmes, he falls into a silence a second time. But it lingers. And lingers. And he does not seem to note anything out of the ordinary.

Until—]

—ah!

[velluminous]

[ LEANS IN ]

Ah?

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[Don’t give him this much credit by being excited.]

I may have left the kettle on the stove back at Phoenix. I cannot quite recall…

[velluminous]

[ well the excitement is brief ] Herlock...

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Ah, no doubt you expected a reaction related to the lesson at hand? I am sorry to say that is not the case, but certainly not for lack of trying. Even if my mind did begin to wander.

[velluminous]

[ it seems so foreign to her now; she cannot clearly remember a time she couldn't sense the Weave, and it makes it hard to determine where to go now. ]

Perhaps we leave lesson here for morning.

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And give up so soon?

[He says it like a protest, but then leans back and kicks his feet up on the desk, digging about in his pocket for his pipe.]

We would do better to pinpoint the problem first. Perhaps there is a difference between you and I, beyond the obvious — something ingrained and inherent about being from one world, while I hail from another.

[velluminous]

...Of course. There must be.

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But what! A hidden essence that cannot be measured may as well not exist at all!

A mystery, indeed.

[velluminous]

[ she glances towards him, produces a matchbox from her pocket and holds it out ] Oh, you know better than to suggest that, Mister Sholmes.

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[He's stuffing his pipe with tobacco, having kept a bit rolled up in his other pocket -- probably not the best place for it, but what's a man to do in prison?]

Mm.

[Then he takes the matchbook from her, but not without wiggling it in her direction first as he tries to make his point.]

About requiring evidence, data, to best understand the world around us? I think it is a fine suggestion.

[velluminous]

[ she's leaning towards him again ]

Yes, but capacity to measure something or not measure something is not be all and end all.

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Perhaps not. But everything in-between should be the process of reaching that ideal. Otherwise—

[He lights his pipe, finally.]

Well. The scientific community hates to validate anything without proper evidence. Though perhaps it is not so strict in your world?

[velluminous]

[ the first hit of tobacco smoke on the air has her itching for her own ]

I wager it is simply different. Magic complicates. It unmakes. It defies reason.

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[If she asks, he is certainly not opposed to sharing.]

Hm. Surely not all reason? Imagine the crimes one could get away with, otherwise...

[velluminous]

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imagine.

holds her hands out. doesn't ask ]

Modify Memory. Dominate Person. Geas. Wish. Ask me.

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[How do detectives work in your world, madam.

But ooh, choices!]

Hm... Geas!

[He offers his pipe, though.]

[velluminous]

[ she moves to stand over him, bringing his pipe to her lips ]

Geas. In this way, I would speak to you any command. You would be compulsed to obey, and were you to take any action counter to it, you would suffer immense mental agony. This would persist for thirty days, at its briefest. [ bending closer ] Short of suicide, I could ask you to do anything.

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[Looking up at her, a frown beginning to grace his features.]

Anything at all?

[velluminous]

Anything at all. Destroy your home. Thieve precious artifacts. Assassinate noble.

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And you are to tell me there is no way to circumvent this? None at all?

[velluminous]

Your willpower might overpower mine upon first casting, but if not... it would take fairly powerful magic to unmake.

[ puffs his pipe ]