( Emilia seems content to answer his questions about the candles. Mostly, she likes that she can. She has a lot of raw power, and little training: a deliberate choice her family made to keep her in the dark. There are spells she works like muscle memory from an older life, and magic she improvises as she goes.
But this is familiar to her. It's simple, but it's effective. She likes plans that are simple: less can go wrong.
She points to the wax. ) Melted wax for water, solid wax for earth. The fire of the flame, and the air to feed it. A representation of the elements. Witches in my world have a special connection to the earth. We can channel its powers into our own. In this case, channeling some of it into the candle so it can work like a spell. ( she adds some sage, a sound like wishbones snapping over the cauldron. )
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( Emilia seems content to answer his questions about the candles. Mostly, she likes that she can. She has a lot of raw power, and little training: a deliberate choice her family made to keep her in the dark. There are spells she works like muscle memory from an older life, and magic she improvises as she goes.
But this is familiar to her. It's simple, but it's effective. She likes plans that are simple: less can go wrong.
She points to the wax. ) Melted wax for water, solid wax for earth. The fire of the flame, and the air to feed it. A representation of the elements. Witches in my world have a special connection to the earth. We can channel its powers into our own. In this case, channeling some of it into the candle so it can work like a spell. ( she adds some sage, a sound like wishbones snapping over the cauldron. )