“I don’t,” he replied simply and honestly. “I can’t know that, not without trying. But the principle should apply whether it’s magic like what I know or not. But I use focuses in my work a lot, yeah. They’re really helpful when you’re working with unstable elements, or components where you aren’t totally sure of their strength.”
Where Five feels discomfort, Fox seems to grow in confidence now that he’s talking about a subject that makes sense to him (magic, abilities, energy) rather than one that doesn’t (people, reactions, emotions). So he just glides right into problem solving mode as if the previous conversation never happened. He also had no idea that Vanya isn’t supposed to practice on her own. Sorry for being a snitch, Vanya…
“Essentially, it would work like a heat sink. Or a circuit breaker. Something tuned to her that she could sort of shunt off extra or unneeded energy into, and it would diffuse it. Since I think her abilities mostly work with sound waves and air pressure, it should work. I have a suspicion she already kind of does it, with her violin. But that’s something that’s hard to have on hand all the time, you know?”
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“I don’t,” he replied simply and honestly. “I can’t know that, not without trying. But the principle should apply whether it’s magic like what I know or not. But I use focuses in my work a lot, yeah. They’re really helpful when you’re working with unstable elements, or components where you aren’t totally sure of their strength.”
Where Five feels discomfort, Fox seems to grow in confidence now that he’s talking about a subject that makes sense to him (magic, abilities, energy) rather than one that doesn’t (people, reactions, emotions). So he just glides right into problem solving mode as if the previous conversation never happened. He also had no idea that Vanya isn’t supposed to practice on her own. Sorry for being a snitch, Vanya…
“Essentially, it would work like a heat sink. Or a circuit breaker. Something tuned to her that she could sort of shunt off extra or unneeded energy into, and it would diffuse it. Since I think her abilities mostly work with sound waves and air pressure, it should work. I have a suspicion she already kind of does it, with her violin. But that’s something that’s hard to have on hand all the time, you know?”