Caleb shifts slightly, the only sign of how hard this is to talk about. Before Duplicity, even to save their lives, he wouldn't have thought about talking about this openly with anyone but that's another thing he's having trouble with. He doesn't want to hide, and he wants to have others to share with about magic and all life can be.
"There was a time I thought the curse came with our magic, but now I'm not sure. At thirteen we come into a large portion of our magic but not all of it. That you come into when you're eighteen. Thing is, it's addictive and once you ascend? Every time you use, it's killing you bit by bit until you die of old age around forty. I don't plan on dying at forty for anything and I don't want to give up magic."
Even with all the time in another world, it still feels weird talking about it like this. His voice is low but careful so that he knows the other man can hear him but not that others do.
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Caleb shifts slightly, the only sign of how hard this is to talk about. Before Duplicity, even to save their lives, he wouldn't have thought about talking about this openly with anyone but that's another thing he's having trouble with. He doesn't want to hide, and he wants to have others to share with about magic and all life can be.
"There was a time I thought the curse came with our magic, but now I'm not sure. At thirteen we come into a large portion of our magic but not all of it. That you come into when you're eighteen. Thing is, it's addictive and once you ascend? Every time you use, it's killing you bit by bit until you die of old age around forty. I don't plan on dying at forty for anything and I don't want to give up magic."
Even with all the time in another world, it still feels weird talking about it like this. His voice is low but careful so that he knows the other man can hear him but not that others do.