Private Finished The Weak Young One

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Smokey suspected that Altizica's silence was a sign of him becoming fed up with them. Smokey wanted to feel bad about that, but this felt so different from how they were usually taught. It felt unreasonable. But when Altizica continued, any sense of guilt faded from Smokey immediately.

"I don't mean to disrespect," started Smokey, "but I... I can't agree with that. Insanity isn't an emergency escape. I'd be going against my nature to ever agree with that. Insanity and madness interfere with logic. It makes it harder for you to learn. I want to learn eldritch stuff, but not enough to ever fall that deeply into madness. But I know for a fact I can handle at least this much. I'm an oricenta. Not a human. Oricenta have a different kind of crazy from humans."
 
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Altizica just smiled at Smokey talking against Altizica’s comments. Honestly it was something he was expecting with them, as they weren’t a human and were very different in values. “It’s understandable you say that Smokey. From what I’ve seen you value knowledge and reason. If you delved into madness you would lose much of that. It is a fate worse than death in your eyes if I had to guess. If you wanted to better understand Eldritch and keep your sanity.....it has been done. I know I said even the strongest of souls have fallen to madness but there is a story of one of the few that didn’t. His name was Selkiris, and he was arguably one of the greatest human magic users in history.”
 
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Smokey's expression fell. It was becoming difficult to hide their increasing agitation. And when they spoke, their voice deepened and become more serious, reflecting what they actually sounded like.

"Altizica, do you know what I am? Do you listen to me? Just because I didn't explicitly state that I value knowledge and reason doesn't mean I never said that. I just said it goes against my nature to agree with madness being an escape. It's not about what you've seen. It's about what I've said. And I've been trying to get you to stop comparing me to humans, only for you to immediately compare me to a human magician. I'm not a human magician. I am the magic a magician would wield."

That rant only angered Smokey more. They needed time to cool down. Time to actually practice than talk about things that wouldn't help at all.

So they gathered up their belongings and stood up. "I think I need to go. I appreciate the help, but I don't want to lose more control of myself."
 
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Altizica was quiet for a long moment. He didn’t mean to upset her, he really didn’t. Actually he was aiming for the opposite. “Smokey, I only compare you to Selkiris because they are the closest relation I can make. I’ve never dealed with Oricenta who have taken Eldritch power. The comparison is that you have just as much potential if not more than him. He was simply a wielder of magic and he not only killed an Eldritch but ascended and became one. Imagine what a being of magic could do! You have the capability of becoming something this reality has never seen Smokey. That is my true thought on the matter.”
 
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"I already said I'm not interested in going that far. You also keep changing your opinions. First you act concerned about my power, then you say I have more potential than one of the greatest human magicians. I don't know if I'm supposed to be wary or encouraged. I think you need to learn more about my people before my continue this discussion, and I need to take some time to cool off. I don't want to say anything that'll hurt you."
 
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Altizica took a deep sigh “I’ll learn more about you species Smokey and then I hope we can continue this talk. I may have a difficult time expressing it but I care for you and I want to help. I hope my mistakes won’t wound are friendship too greatly....” Altizica would get up and guide Smokey out of the house. Once he was finally alone his mind wandered... “Why I am concerned.....” Alt thought back hundreds of years, to a heavily robed man sitting alone in a candle lit room. “ I do not care to become you. I took this power to help my wife, and it will end at that I promise you.” The robed man said. The memory then shifted further ahead, to the robed man standing over the corpse of an Eldritch. “ My ascendancy is close. Soon I’ll understand the secrets you refuse me.” The memory faded and Alt was quiet for a moment. “I’m concerned you will become the new Selkiris....” Alt said to the empty space around him before moving deeper into the house.
 
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