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Reaching out to Rin is like stepping into a moonlit parlor. Everything is quiet, muted, and neatly tucked away. Almost like a "lobby," of sorts to keep visitors away from the rest of what goes on in her head... and her heart. This space is cool, and placid. Much like the surface of a lake in winter as it reflects the pale glow of the celestial bodies hanging above it in the sky.

A reflection of serenity rather the true thing. A mask of elegance to hide anything that may be unsightly. Anything that may betray her.

✧ Specifics

✦ Unable to block out: Harbinger
✦ Compatible with: Iconoclast | Advocate
✦ Discord Accrual: Exalt

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Well, you should probably fix that.

Believe me, it has been a long road.

[ He's working on himself, OK? ]

...what makes you distrust so easily?

Mages are raised that way. Though we should all be focusing on our studies the draw of money and power results in petty in-fighting. Any person could be an enemy, or a puppet of one.

That sounds... bleak.

[ Dimitri disapproves. Although he can't say his experience of being royalty has been that much different. ]

It's not a life everyone can, or should, handle. Which is why magecraft is kept secret for the most part.

Interesting. Magic is an open field of study in my own world, but... I suppose it's very different from your own.

I'm sure it'd be quite different if magic was the only way to gain power in your world.

People clawing for power really is the same everywhere, isn't it?

Of course it is.

Then we have to protect those we can. There's no other alternative.

Maybe you feel like you have to. But that'll just lead to you being broken once more.

What other way is there? To be concerned for only yourself?

Or to limit yourself to what you can handle and not beat yourself up over the rest.

[ Well, she's not wrong. ]

...is there anyone or anything you're trying to protect, Rin?

No.

[Liar.]

Really?

[ He finds that hard to believe. Everyone has something they want to protect. Or someone. ]

Why?

Do I need a reason?

I suppose you don't have to personally hold one, but... there's still something that led to that.

Hm, you should just write me off as someone who doesn't have to capacity for that kind of thing.

There are very few people I would simply write-off.

Perhaps that is a part of your problem.

That I don't think poorly of people?

It's still the same, "takes on too much," problem. But it's even worse since there are probably more bad people than you're willing to write off.

Maybe. But if there's a chance to solve something... it has to be taken, doesn't it? Before it all gets out of hand again.

You strike me as the kind of person who won't give up even if it's already out of hand.

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