[ video ] meant to do this a while back haha o/lonestrayFebruary 5 2011, 01:56:06 UTC
[He's never actually spoken to Lupin, personally, but Scar is a man that does not forget his debts. And this is the least that is due. He's not sure if the man will recognize just his voice, so he begins with video, though he intends to switch shortly.]
Lupin, correct? You saved my life, recently. I've been meaning to thank you.
[The belated realisation-always takes too long to strike-that he no longer has access to the record collection. He left them all with Io.
Forces that knowledge back into the rest of the morass and switches to problem-solving instead. More music can be got. It would be nice for himself as well.]
It seems all I do these days is leave messages asking for advice. Though I suppose in this case what I'm requesting would be better termed a discussion.
[ but that's a digression. ] I'm given to understand that you're the man I should talk to about magic.
[confirming who gave him that understanding or saying anything qualifying (self-deprecating/modest, cautionary, or clarifying) would also be a digression, so sticks to,]
Where to begin? I suppose really I don't have any specific questions, but only because I don't know the right ones to ask.
This discussion is not one I typically care to... put on the table, as it were. But it bothers me. I was taught that magic was, above all else, a force for corruption and chaos. And nothing I have learned here disputes that conclusion. It is powerful, and unfair, and incredibly complicated. Too complicated to be called 'evil' and have done with it.
The quest for the right questions is in itself very wise.
I agree with you, insofar as magic is one of many manifestations of an unequal distribution of power. Wealth is another kind; heritage; class; connection; beauty; intelligence; ability to control. All of these things can corrupt. For the sake of these things are better ideals twisted and made into mere tools to increase or maintain control. Yet they can also be used to help, protect, and serve.
So while I find your premise sound, I ask, why single out magic?
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[Off-forge, slightly harder to hear:]
Yes, yes. Of course. I'll take the---oh? Are you sure? Well, if you're sure, then. How very kind of you. I'll pay you something next time, yes?
[shop-bell ringing as a door opens and closes]
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Maybe~
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Lupin, correct? You saved my life, recently. I've been meaning to thank you.
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[Humility is particularly easy given how much the shoe has been on the other foot of late.]
How are you?
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But you helped as well, and for that I am grateful.
[He would've tried to repay the favor, if Deneve hadn't already been on the way when Lupin was injured.]
I'm doing fine. And you?
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I'm doing better, thank you.
[both of these statements are quite sincere.
A pause before the next bit. -No, no games.]
I'm just sorry she had to find me like that.
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I have a book for you. And I need music. Unrelated favors, I won't haggle.
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Forces that knowledge back into the rest of the morass and switches to problem-solving instead. More music can be got. It would be nice for himself as well.]
I'm glad you two are friends.
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[ but that's a digression. ] I'm given to understand that you're the man I should talk to about magic.
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[confirming who gave him that understanding or saying anything qualifying (self-deprecating/modest, cautionary, or clarifying) would also be a digression, so sticks to,]
What is it?
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This discussion is not one I typically care to... put on the table, as it were. But it bothers me. I was taught that magic was, above all else, a force for corruption and chaos. And nothing I have learned here disputes that conclusion. It is powerful, and unfair, and incredibly complicated. Too complicated to be called 'evil' and have done with it.
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I agree with you, insofar as magic is one of many manifestations of an unequal distribution of power. Wealth is another kind; heritage; class; connection; beauty; intelligence; ability to control. All of these things can corrupt. For the sake of these things are better ideals twisted and made into mere tools to increase or maintain control. Yet they can also be used to help, protect, and serve.
So while I find your premise sound, I ask, why single out magic?
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