Yeah, basically it is. So if you write it wrong, things don't work, or do something unexpected.
( His brow furrows a touch, because rude is a question he turns over. )
... As far as rude, it would be to most my elders. We train and study for years; magic is in folktales, not cultivation. But to the people who tell folktales, we are magic.
( He reaches up, tapping a finger against one of his horns. )
Not that any of the other people I know are actually from my world, but on mine, how else would you understand someone both human and dragon, both equally true? Our souls are different, tangibly, but most people will never feel that. All you see is someone look like a human, look like me, or be a dragon way bigger than anything else you've seen walking around, and we talk, we control the elements, we fight civilly with swords and not tooth and claw. So... maybe yeah, I don't mind as much, though my 'magic' is changing form, not the seals or talismans or other cultivation techniques I perform.
( He snorts, then offers Tidus a shrug. )
Makes sense that to you, it's all magic, 'cause to me what you said means you've all got another form of talismans, wards, and the rest. We get what we get based on what we knew, right? Like trying to figure things out here and getting them wrong because it isn't familiar where you thought maybe it kind of was, annoyingly enough.
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( His brow furrows a touch, because rude is a question he turns over. )
... As far as rude, it would be to most my elders. We train and study for years; magic is in folktales, not cultivation. But to the people who tell folktales, we are magic.
( He reaches up, tapping a finger against one of his horns. )
Not that any of the other people I know are actually from my world, but on mine, how else would you understand someone both human and dragon, both equally true? Our souls are different, tangibly, but most people will never feel that. All you see is someone look like a human, look like me, or be a dragon way bigger than anything else you've seen walking around, and we talk, we control the elements, we fight civilly with swords and not tooth and claw. So... maybe yeah, I don't mind as much, though my 'magic' is changing form, not the seals or talismans or other cultivation techniques I perform.
( He snorts, then offers Tidus a shrug. )
Makes sense that to you, it's all magic, 'cause to me what you said means you've all got another form of talismans, wards, and the rest. We get what we get based on what we knew, right? Like trying to figure things out here and getting them wrong because it isn't familiar where you thought maybe it kind of was, annoyingly enough.