Loss And The Things It Brings

Aedan came to the school often enough, usually to use the library or or one of the power training rooms. So he still had a general idea of what was going on, he occasionally talked to one of his old teachers and heard the various rumors going about. One such rumor was of a loss, a local witch had passed, leaving a grieving girlfriend and a adopted so alone.

He'd just finished talking to one of the professors, they were helping him research his abilities and he was on his way out. That is until he saw her, he'd seen her picture floating about somewhere, his sharp mind remembering who she was.

Now Aedan had faced loss, faces horrors and pain and did his best to move forward. So seeing someone no doubt suffering hit a bit of a soft spot for him, so he decided to approach her. "Hello," he'd say with a calm smile, "don't think we've met, I'm Aedan."

"Good to meet you Lorencia," he'd say with his usual calm smile, "and I used to be a student." He'd glance around a little, "graduated not that long ago, but I still come here often enough, mostly to visit my sister," surrogate sister technically, but he didn't see a point in bringing up that specific fact.

He'd chuckle, "I miss it sometimes, going to class and all that," it had taken some adjusting when he'd first arrived, but he'd managed it, "probably the only place on Earth where you can learn basic math and then go down the hall to learn a new magic spell." He himself didn't use magic, but it did interest him, so he'd kept an eye on it.

"What about you?" he'd say, tilting his head a little, "you new? The school seems to always be bringing in new students." His eyes would glow as always as they conversed.

"Yup, it's all just a part of my life now, but I didn't know any of it existed a few years ago," it seemed longer than that, a different life all together in a way, "my abilities aren't magic based actually, poked at the idea of learning some spells but it's something I never seemed to be able to pick up." He'd form a tiny statue of a dog from what looked like light blue glass that had a slight glow, "just some energy stuff," setting it down it'd break up and vanish.

"You arrived not all that long after me then," he'd say with a chuckle, "I've been here two years and four months now," again, it felt like a lot longer than that. "Guessing you're used to magic then?" he'd ask curiously, seemed she thought the narrow reality not having magic was strange and unusual.

"You came to the island but not from the narrow reality, so I'm guessing another realm," he'd smile, "I've never actually traveled to any other realms actually, I've been to space a few times for work though."

He'd chuckle, "a few years ago I wouldn't believe you, didn't believe in magic or anything," the idea of an entire world built on and around magic certainly was fascinating. "My family was more into science than any else," or at least his father was, his mother was more of an artist, she loved music, she would be the one to believe in magic.

"Though....a few teachers here have said that magic is just a form of science that hasn't been fully explored yet," he wasn't sure if magic was something that could be understood by viewing it as a science, he'd be willing to try that approach though.

"What was your world like?" he'd ask curiously, he didn't want to imagine stereotypical fantasy worlds though that was one of the first things that popped into his mind.

Aedan tried to picture her world and assumed he was far off, "it sounds fascinating, a place where magic is a natural part of everything." He'd love to visit such a place, see it for himself, experiment and explore, it sounded truly wonderful and fascinating.

"I often think of how at one point the Earth was like that at point," he'd chuckle, "obviously not made of floating islands, but with magic being a bigger part of it." He'd nod, "we know pretty much all of the myths and legends on magic are true, so at one point magic was common here it was just....forgotten."

He thought a moment, "so if your world has magic as a part of it, then you must too." The young man tilted his head, "it'd make sense for the people to have magic flowing through them if the very world does."