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HaRoHeGiNeLu · 12-30-2024, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by NiallNIP

Part of the reason Maddox wished he had quiet and calm students in his compartment was because their minds were usually also pretty quiet, an important thing for him as a Legilimens. Maybe is was just because of her nervousness at the moment, but Maddox was catching most of what she was thinking. He needed more practice closing off his mind, but he was getting there.

He didn't acknowledge her thanks, and simply went straight into it. "Tarot cards aren't inherently magical." Most tools of divination aren't, unless they've been charmed. Muggles can even use them and be accurate half the time. There was something about divination that Maddox was curious about, the way that the magic isn't inherent to the item. You don't need to cast a spell for it to happen, either. The fact that it's such a strange, fringe sect of magic...he wanted to understand more about it.

"You're not very familiar with magic." Not a question, a statement.

It took her by surprise, his comment about the tarot cards. Yes, she had wondered about them only a moment earlier, but she didn't put the two-and-two together, so his comment on them seemed quite random.

As for his other statement....Was that a bad thing? Was that something she shouldn't share? Valerie had no idea how many others on this train were as clueless about magic as she had been. That all these people had magic powers and were living amongst her all along....

She simply shook her head.

12-30-2024, 03:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
HaRoHeGiNeLu Bicorn Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: EST Posts: 16,569 Hogwarts RPG Name: Valerie Warren First Year x8	Satisfied Neon Quote: Originally Posted by NiallNIP Part of the reason Maddox wished he had quiet and calm students in his compartment was because their minds were usually also pretty quiet, an important thing for him as a Legilimens. Maybe is was just because of her nervousness at the moment, but Maddox was catching most of what she was thinking. He needed more practice closing off his mind, but he was getting there. He didn't acknowledge her thanks, and simply went straight into it. "Tarot cards aren't inherently magical." Most tools of divination aren't, unless they've been charmed. Muggles can even use them and be accurate half the time. There was something about divination that Maddox was curious about, the way that the magic isn't inherent to the item. You don't need to cast a spell for it to happen, either. The fact that it's such a strange, fringe sect of magic...he wanted to understand more about it. "You're not very familiar with magic." Not a question, a statement. It took her by surprise, his comment about the tarot cards. Yes, she had wondered about them only a moment earlier, but she didn't put the two-and-two together, so his comment on them seemed quite random. As for his other statement....Was that a bad thing? Was that something she shouldn't share? Valerie had no idea how many others on this train were as clueless about magic as she had been. That all these people had magic powers and were living amongst her all along.... She simply shook her head. __________________ a *practical* person, who *may be considered a perfectionist, perhaps you like being organised* or *paying close attention to detail*, you are...