[ throughout his explanation Arya remains silent, listening carefully as he goes through what had happened. a hand moves to the back of her neck at the mention of the implant -- she had no reason to doubt X'rhun's word, but true enough, she can feel the tell-tale raised skin attributed to a scar right at the base of her skull. a linkshell and a library both, all within her headโฆ she will have to pay close attention to figure out that one.
it's the second part that has the stunning feeling return full force. never mind the fact that apparently they were given new abilities, to be denied access to their own abilitiesโฆ the hand moves from the back of her neck to just below her heart, the same spot X'rhun rested his hand upon his own chest. there's nothing visibly different there, but once again, there's no way X'rhun could be lying. ]
How could this beโฆ How could they haveโฆ [ she doesn't finish that reason of thought before another occurs to her and she snaps her head up. ] So-- even your red magic is gone as well?!
[ Arya's not all that concerned with her own abilities being locked away-- another case of 'been there, done that', and while she made some headway in regaining her abilities, it wasn't much. but the possibility of X'rhun losing his magic as wellโฆ it was something she could not fathom. it may as well be unnatural to her. ]
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it's the second part that has the stunning feeling return full force. never mind the fact that apparently they were given new abilities, to be denied access to their own abilitiesโฆ the hand moves from the back of her neck to just below her heart, the same spot X'rhun rested his hand upon his own chest. there's nothing visibly different there, but once again, there's no way X'rhun could be lying. ]
How could this beโฆ How could they haveโฆ [ she doesn't finish that reason of thought before another occurs to her and she snaps her head up. ] So-- even your red magic is gone as well?!
[ Arya's not all that concerned with her own abilities being locked away-- another case of 'been there, done that', and while she made some headway in regaining her abilities, it wasn't much. but the possibility of X'rhun losing his magic as wellโฆ it was something she could not fathom. it may as well be unnatural to her. ]