week 6; monday (pre-motive)

[antietam]

[ Adam plans being upset around the rules. He doesn't go straight back to his room after the trial (and seeing his tarot cards burned) and instead sits around the more secluded areas of the ship, talks to Luke for some time during the night, and then goes to sleep. That means he has a good amount of time where he can just in his room and sulk.

After everything, he's less angry at himself and more just processing what he has to do to keep this from happening again. When he hears someone at the door, he hesitates but climbs down the ladder to open it up. It's not like anyone will kill him right now. ]

Comments

[tevinteriscoming]

[He's not wrong to admit it; Dorian smiles a little to himself, appreciating the comment.]

I think everyone with power struggles with the same concerns. There can be a fine line between curiosity and obsession, or the desire to use magic and the inclination to abuse it. Particularly if you aren't taught to respect it, and the consequences for failure. When I was young, I thought of magic as little more than a tool to impress upon a great my people my ability and talent. I met someone who taught me otherwise. But even he eventually succumbed to temptation.

There's no easy answer.