09-22-2012, 07:49 PM
Isaac sank into books the way an arctic explorer might sink into a hot bath. Here he was safe and warm, and he didn't have to worry about his ongoing quest to make friends. A quest which, incidentally, was proving far more interesting and diverse than he ever could have thought. It certainly wasn't straightforward.
Regardless, he didn't let his mind drift as he delved into a heavy Arithmancy book. To Isaac, there was something exciting about the fact that it wasn't on the reading list. Not even on the suggested reading list, let alone the required one. He knew it was silly to find such things exciting, but... that was just the way he was.
He was on chapter four now, and was in the process of taking a wild guess at the meaning of a rune that looked rather like an upside-down hedgehog when he was startled out of his reverie by a small voice. Wide-eyed in his surprise at being noticed at all, Isaac looked at the young boy for two straight seconds before glancing away out of embarrassment and moving his dark grey eyes swiftly to the word being pointed at. "Oh - er - augmented", he read the word in his soft voice. "It means to - to increase; to grow. So,", he peered at the context, "because the spell includes a sentient being, you need a higher - augmented - level of concentration and technical skill than you would if you were using a... well, a dead animal or a stick or something".
Regardless, he didn't let his mind drift as he delved into a heavy Arithmancy book. To Isaac, there was something exciting about the fact that it wasn't on the reading list. Not even on the suggested reading list, let alone the required one. He knew it was silly to find such things exciting, but... that was just the way he was.
He was on chapter four now, and was in the process of taking a wild guess at the meaning of a rune that looked rather like an upside-down hedgehog when he was startled out of his reverie by a small voice. Wide-eyed in his surprise at being noticed at all, Isaac looked at the young boy for two straight seconds before glancing away out of embarrassment and moving his dark grey eyes swiftly to the word being pointed at. "Oh - er - augmented", he read the word in his soft voice. "It means to - to increase; to grow. So,", he peered at the context, "because the spell includes a sentient being, you need a higher - augmented - level of concentration and technical skill than you would if you were using a... well, a dead animal or a stick or something".
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