And that's true enough. You can't help feeling proud of the place you love to call home.
[The request isn't an unwelcome one. If anything, it's a perfect opportunity for Joshua to see how well his powers will work in the Drabwurld, away from Shibuya and technically stuck in the RG to boot.
He glances at the table closest to them, piled with food. A piece of bread flies up and away to them. It stops to hover in front of Ryan. Joshua takes care not to show it in anything other than a slight tightness around his eyes, but the strain is something more strongly felt than normal. While not unexpected, it's an irritant to him. He'll have to be very careful using it in combat situations.
Just to show off, or to just prove to Ryan that he can multitask, he even levitates at about half a foot off the ground.]
It's not like I can exactly prove to have true sight, but I do hope that this is enough.
I wouldn't say I'm proud of Albuquerque, but there are worse places.
[If he pegged Joshua right (and he hopes he did), the boy would be willing to show off his powers just by that slight little jab. He allows his eyes to shift slightly to look off to the side for only a short moment but he immediately locks back on the moment he finds the bread in front of him. He reaches up to take it, looking at Joshua's hovering act with a mixture of intrigue and doubt.
Stranger things have happened, but he almost makes it look so...easy.]
It's more than I can do. [It's not so hard to admit, though he can't help but wonder if that's the full extent or if this world hindered him. Who was Joshua, really? ] You might do just fine here.
Think it's something you can solely rely on though? [Because Ryan gets quick getaways. Those make sense to him and he's relied on those themselves but he's still learned to fight.]
For the time being, I believe so. It'll neither be the first nor last time I'll ever use it in combat. [Just the first time it's been more of a strain than usual.] Even so, it's largely dependent on the situation. At home, I would channel my telekinesis through my cell phone, but that doesn't work here. Most likely just because it's technologically advanced.
Your phone. So...you'd call people and they'd move on their own? [That sounds weird, Josh. You know that sounds weird right?] Maybe you can ask them for something similar...I know it's probably a little weird to ask the monarchs for presents but sometimes they're helpful. It's all about exchange, you know? Do something for them, they give you a reward.
[The more he thinks about it of course it's a system he's not sure he likes (thank you, Jack), but he knows better than to dismiss it entirely.]
Wouldn't that be a riot? [Please, Ryan's talking to a kid with a natural eye color of purple and can levitate without being possessed by a ghost.] Ah, so they operate on a rewards system? Interesting. I would presume that it's to both encourage their shardbearers as well as subtly let them know that their actions don't go unnoticed.
[It certainly has its uses, though it means Joshua will need to move carefully in certain areas.]
Yup. They call them boons...usually one a month the fairies come to us and take down our requests, go back to the monarchs and there you go Instant presents. It's sort of like that whole idea of the carrot and the horse or whatever but it doesn't always work. Some people are smarter than that.
[He's not. But he's also not stupid enough to ignore the hand-outs just yet.]
A good way to get something better, then. I would imagine that some would get all that they need, then cut and run. I'm also going to guess that there are limits to what they can give you.
Yes, and yes. You can't ask for people for one thing. Trust me, I tried. [Which is still kind of stupid but whatever.] It's sorta like the three wishes a genie can't grant you but they're pretty reasonable depending on how much you give them first.
You're smarter than most people who show up. They bring new shardbearers in every couple of months? Then they hold the feasts and then they drop the bomb on you about the war.
How kind of you to say! But that makes sense. That gives us enough time to acclimate before they get in another batch. It also gives them two months to find those shardbearers.
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[The request isn't an unwelcome one. If anything, it's a perfect opportunity for Joshua to see how well his powers will work in the Drabwurld, away from Shibuya and technically stuck in the RG to boot.
He glances at the table closest to them, piled with food. A piece of bread flies up and away to them. It stops to hover in front of Ryan. Joshua takes care not to show it in anything other than a slight tightness around his eyes, but the strain is something more strongly felt than normal. While not unexpected, it's an irritant to him. He'll have to be very careful using it in combat situations.
Just to show off, or to just prove to Ryan that he can multitask, he even levitates at about half a foot off the ground.]
It's not like I can exactly prove to have true sight, but I do hope that this is enough.
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[If he pegged Joshua right (and he hopes he did), the boy would be willing to show off his powers just by that slight little jab. He allows his eyes to shift slightly to look off to the side for only a short moment but he immediately locks back on the moment he finds the bread in front of him. He reaches up to take it, looking at Joshua's hovering act with a mixture of intrigue and doubt.
Stranger things have happened, but he almost makes it look so...easy.]
It's more than I can do. [It's not so hard to admit, though he can't help but wonder if that's the full extent or if this world hindered him. Who was Joshua, really? ] You might do just fine here.
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He lands gently back on the ground, looking for all the world as if hovering and moving pieces of bread with his mind happens everyday.]
Maybe, maybe not. It's enough for self-defense or to make a quick getaway if things get too rough.
[Seriously, a rock to the head is enough to distract most living things.]
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[The more he thinks about it of course it's a system he's not sure he likes (thank you, Jack), but he knows better than to dismiss it entirely.]
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[It certainly has its uses, though it means Joshua will need to move carefully in certain areas.]
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[He's not. But he's also not stupid enough to ignore the hand-outs just yet.]
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