[ Of course there is the urge to say, Imagine how those of us with no barriers at all feel. But it’s a weak urge. At the end of the day, mages—like royalty, like the rich—are only people, not imbued with any special wisdom or strength of character to match their power. ]
Do you practice?
[ In his experience, doing a thing over and over, while a peer tries to trip him, while a bardmaster is waiting in the wings to judge him if he slips, while his fingers are left broken so he has to work through it, while an instructor has leave to slightly stab him if he needs it to learn the lesson, it’s fine, Thomin will heal it—
That makes a thing easier to do in the moment it’s needed, scary or not.
He won’t bore Benedict with his personal life, but he does say, sounding intentionally like he’s quoting someone stuffy and stern, ]
no subject
Do you practice?
[ In his experience, doing a thing over and over, while a peer tries to trip him, while a bardmaster is waiting in the wings to judge him if he slips, while his fingers are left broken so he has to work through it, while an instructor has leave to slightly stab him if he needs it to learn the lesson, it’s fine, Thomin will heal it—
That makes a thing easier to do in the moment it’s needed, scary or not.
He won’t bore Benedict with his personal life, but he does say, sounding intentionally like he’s quoting someone stuffy and stern, ]
Practice makes instinct.