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She nods. "So - a budding sorcerer? You wish to understand why it did what it did - or how to replicate it?"

"Oh I know why it did what it did," Proudly, "I mean , I worked my ass off for that ritual....over a week of glamour infusion mused from other guys to..." A cough "Sorry, uhm " He crosses his arms "It was an influencing spell to take on a dragon. It got used for something else, but it worked"

"Well, a detailed bunk can be very powerful..."

"Mastery of Realm, in truth, is one of the best ways to increase spell potency - even moreso than rite." A hand falls on a slender blue volume.

"That's just it, I've used chicanery before, but layering like that, the ceremony of it... it turned into kind of a dance, if one can dance with the cosmos that is." he paces "I know it sounds crazy, because my kith are not known for well, magic per se, not that we are UNknown, I just... I've never had a ..." He claims up unsure how much he should say

"Magic is an art. Are not satyrs artists?"

"Well, sort of, every satyr is supposed to have a passion, something they do... music often, my dad will debate the hell out anyone and walk away a winner but even when he ties he enjoys, my cousin's great at musical instruments, soem brew, some dance... sex , obviously, but... every satyr has something they're focused on a bit more than others... " A breath "Except me."

"And you think, mayhaps, this has plucked a chord on your heartstrings?"

"Please don't make fun" he sounds..vulnerable

"Magic is an art, aye - and a dance, and a song, and a great forest of secrets. I do not mock."

"thank you" he says softly "I don't know, it's just .. I mean, I know art plus depth of realm means POWER, but while power is nice, it's not what...not ONly what I am drawn to. CHangeling magic is normally whimsy and will, but there's rituals, and more deeper stuff that I'm only touching the surface of, and yes, it's like a dance, enough room for improv, but also a ..well, a shape to it, and a respect. It's primordial...it's like roots plunging deep into something old and bringing it out. I don't know if I'd ever be a satyr magician, but I'd like to find out. So, when I heard this library ahd a good occult selction, I visited."

"Before my tenure, it belonged to an Eiluned. While I am no noble, the House of Secrets has adequate knowledge of the arcane."

"Oh I'm not noble either," He says with a shrug as if that's not a big deal, "Some great sorcerers are common born"

"Mmm.." Another book, with half of the gilding rubbed off the spine.

A glimmer of amusement. "Aye. Some."

"Heck, the Mountain of DeBuke Farmhold is rumored to be an actual namer, can you imagine?" Clearly boggled, "And almost every other troll of RIvervale has mastered at least one magic." He says "But most of them it's... I wouldn't call them occultists? Gerd maybe, but only touching it, and I guess Sir Frank IS a shaman so maybe.. okay, but most not their 'thing' per se"

Zara nods. "I... would perhaps be more still of tongue, regarding mountains and names"

"This is a hold of sidhe, not crowned trolls."

"Oh, sorry," He looks around, "Are the nobles here that bad?"

"Nay... but.."

he sighs "Habits rise from repetition, for good or ill" quoting, nodoubt, his father

"Aye. The Farm may be more open of late, but tis kind to be protective of its stories."

"Yeah, sorry. After waht the lust bomb did to their farm I guess I don't know how they feel about me"

Zara may not have known it was Zane who constructed that

"Ah." A sniff. "Yes, I see it now."

"The girl... ah, your cousin?"

"Quite the to-do."

"Yeah, she threw it at some invading sidhe..." He can't help but look amused, "Piper's pretty cool." Then "But it was meant for the dragon.. it would have cast a hallucination in hsi head of a female dragon, bout the the farm time to evacuate... I mean, I don't create lust bombs for funny hah ha stuff... passion is POWERFUl, any type is. I mean, you're sluagh, yuou know, that a enough fear can stop a heart without anything touching you. "

Zara nods.

"Emotions, of any type, fuel us, control us, and take us places ... satyrs tend to just not just ride the wave, we yell 'faster higher stronger' and go nuts with it. I've gotten really good at Chicanery because of that I guess, but I'm learning more and I want to know not just the 'how to make it happen' but the whys and.. .maybe most importantly, the 'should' " a sigh "And I don't know many satyrs that would understand that. "

"Not many - though... hm. Have you met Sir Bachdion?"

"Heard of him, gives lessons in poetry and romance and stuff?"

"Aye. But also fond of philosophy and ethics."

"Dad teaches some of that too, but.. I don't know, you ever... ever find you can talk to anyone BUT family? "

"It's like, I know my dad is smarter than I am, and always will be so most academics, it's like.. if I step into THAT Shadow I'll never get out. But the occult? I.. don't think he knows that much about it"

A smile. "And you wish to find your own path, aye."

"Yeah' he says "You ever feel that way?"

"I have. Believe it or not, I have quite a large family."

"I believe it, of course, but I admit to thinking of sluagh as loners. Then again, Lily's got a tidy nucluarl fam and none of them are sluagh"

"Lily? A new sluagh?"

"Oh yeah ,superweird how that came about. I suppose if wanted to be clever I'd pay you for knowledge or something in trade for occult lessons," A frown "But that doesn't seem right. Every kith has reason to be there for hteir own kith to pass things on and more... " So , he relates the tale...of a most improbably transformation "So the mom's a satyr.. and mega hot, and his dad's a troll, and okay...and his little sister is a sluagh"

"Fascinating."

"It is.. I kind of envy it. I mean, mom would be happy as a satyress, but she's zen about it... little sis is kind of bumed. Lydia feels a bit left out. But I try to cheer her up"

"Kinain are important."

"They are" He nods "MOm can go places I can't. But to a ltitel girl, it's harder to eexplain"

"Aye."

"Sorry, you probably didn't need the personal life info dump" he says "Yeah, Lily's a sluagh. Poor kid. Her mom felt like shit when she found out she was feeding her wrong, but now they have slilghtly rotted food waiting."

"Mmm. I may have a resource for her, if she wishes."

"I was the only sluagh, too."

"You want me to pass something onto her?" Zane says "Happy to help "