While A, as a general rule, is content to stay in his room, Schrodinger is a growing kitten, and always eager to explore and play. A's room is small, and even a tiny kitten seems to need space, so A has taken her to the Great Hall, where there is space for her to frolic
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Well, so her reasoning might have gone, if Jezz wasn't going to let her appropriate his hair...
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"That is why neutrality is important. If enemies were in control in such a place, and if they held the power, that would be a danger of sorts. At least an agony. That's true enough. But in this place they have no such advantage. They have no such power. If they take it in their heads to strike..." Jezz smirked. "... they can't stop a strike back. They can only delay it."
He was thinking of the enemies back "home," the Lolthians and the Eilistraeens. He was confident in his own ability to strike back.
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"My people are used to working on a larger scale," he said. "And we take a practical approach. If it's only one, it's that much easier."
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Jezz paused before adding on impulse, leaning forward slightly, "Some used to underestimate me because of my leg. Now I have learned to fly as fast as they could ever run." That was true enough. Flight was a perfectly valid and useful spell, but it could also be an enjoyable one.
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Cross at being ignored, Schrodinger nipped at A's fingers, shaking away some of his gloom. He picked up the little kitten, scratching behind her ears.
"Flying. That sounds beautiful, but frightening too." Like much about this place.
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But then he found himself saying, "If it turns out there are no spells like it here, I can track down a copy and we can learn it together."
That probably wouldn't be the case anyway, he told himself, though he found himself not particularly minding the what-if-it-were.
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"That would be good," he said softly. "I know someone else who would like to learn a spell like that. He can help me try to find it. Thank you."
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