[She takes a breath and sighs. Calm down. His response is interpreted by her as an agreement, an acceptance--as it should be--and the dark expression disappears from her face.]
I think I've been going about this the wrong way. Studying its spells, using blastia to block it on the exterior--those obviously aren't working out. What I need to do is properly study the rune itself, inside and out. That's the only way I can do this precisely. As long as I do that, I can come up with something more efficient.
[Which might just be why his right hand is strapped to a clean, metal table and why there are various implements on a nearby tray. Some of them just happen to be sharp, too.]
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I think I've been going about this the wrong way. Studying its spells, using blastia to block it on the exterior--those obviously aren't working out. What I need to do is properly study the rune itself, inside and out. That's the only way I can do this precisely. As long as I do that, I can come up with something more efficient.
[Which might just be why his right hand is strapped to a clean, metal table and why there are various implements on a nearby tray. Some of them just happen to be sharp, too.]