Evin felt wary of the Cosmic's directness, but ultimately, this was what he wanted to happen. "Yes. I have a secret. And like all people do, I'm unwilling to reveal it so casually. Please be understanding."
"I'd like to agree, say, 'Of course, people are entitled to their secrets, but you must understand we can't just teach you our magic without certain knowledge."
Evin had nothing to say in response, silently urging the Cosmic to speak.
"The magic of the Cosmics is many things. But predominantly, it is one of precision and control. Not the precision of carpenters or seamstresses - who can be considered precise by so – but the precision of surgeons and mathematicians who know that the slightest of mistakes can lead to the most wrong of results."
"Not the shabby thing that Chanters call control, but true control. Control of every detail of one's spell. Your will must be present during the entirety of your spellcasting process, and that is law. Nothing must slip your mind, or be left for the World energies to handle," Abe finished.
Evin nodded heavily, thinking that the Voice would be delighted to hear sothing like this, "I've hidden the details from you, but I can confidently say that I understand your needs. I believe I've already shown that through your questions."
It felt weird to Evin, to be acting so pompously and using such big words, making him wonder if the Voice was speaking on behalf of him, or him speaking like this, due to the Voice sharing its mind with him. Evin wondered what the difference between the two cases were.
"Yes. We've seen hints of that during our conversation. You show the traits of soone who understands the importance of such things. Rith here even thinks you're a Cosmic reborn in the skin of a human… but that's the problem. We can't understand why you know of these things and that confuses us."
Rith continued, "And we can tell that you find ulterior motives behind the questions we ask you. You artfully steer the debates from the topics you don't want to discuss, focusing on different, yet still very interesting topics to make it seem natural. It is unsettling to us to see such traits in a 10-year-old child."
Evin pondered on the words and realized what the two were getting at. They thought that he was one of the Children of the Empress. Evin rembered the conversation he had with the Voice. The two later considered naming Evin as a Child of the Empress, but gave it up, because they couldn't really guess what would happen afterward.
Evin asked.
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