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I mean... not all of them...

Right. Some of us are a little more compact, you know. Or maybe you can't see us from way up there.

I'm not that tall! I notice.

That's what they all say.

I used to be an instructor back on Earth, so a lot of people were shorter than me. Promise it's not just words ;)

Ah, a schoolteacher. Might explain some things.

Well... kind of, but not really. It was more like a school for space exploration.

[...

Shiro, my dude. Therion didn't know what pizza was. Do you think he has any concept of space exploration?]

For what now?

( yeah, he was almost fishing for info a little. he was thinking maybe an alien, but that kind of knocks that out a little... )

Space. You know when you look up in the sky with all the stars and the moon? That. Things that are beyond what you can see with your eyes.

Oh. Like how this world is a different 'planet,' and you can get to the moons from here. Didn't know that was possible anywhere else.

Yeah, exactly that. It's definitely possible where I'm from, though I've met some people here who've never heard of it before.

Maybe scholars from my world could do it with magic, but I think I would've heard about it if they could. They're not exactly modest, those types.

Do you know magic, too?

Some.

Really? That's so neat. Do you enjoy it?

It has its uses, I guess. I don't really think about it much. Many people I've met have a knack for one kind of spell or another, and the things I can do aren't that impressive.

I don't know, if it's a skill that you can do, I think that's pretty remarkable.

Magic's nothing special in and of itself. I know a man with even less of a gift for it than I have, and mine's meager enough. But what he can do -- and has done -- without it is the stuff of tall tales and legends alike.

Maybe it's just a matter of perspective. Where I come from, magic isn't really something done. There's a form of it I've learned about since traveling through space and it's something more widespread here. I think it's something pretty amazing to have that inherent ability.

It's like any other talent: nothing without hard work to hone it. So yeah, probably a matter of perspective.

Doesn't your moon blessing give you some amount of magic here?

Well, yes, some. But, it's not like I can take this home with me and it isn't something I would consider a talent.

Why not? Not like you chose your blessing, not like you don't have to learn and practice how to deal with it. How's it different from what you're born with?

In a sense I suppose you're right, but I guess to me I just know it's not really mine. Sort of like I'm borrowing it?

I guess. Either way, never seems to do anyone any good, really -- either denying the gifts you've got or making too much of other people's, wherever they came from.

If I stole someone's fancy knife, it'd still be a useful tool in my pocket, even if it wasn't mine to start with. That's how I think about talent and magic and 'moon blessings' and things. It's yours while you've got it.

I guess I never really thought about it that way.

( because he's been way too inside his own head since he came here and getting these ""blessings"" that he actually hates. )

Thanks :) that's definitely given me something to think about.

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