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( solid snake style )
EFFECTS/WHAT HE LEARNS
* A lot of the basic concepts behind his magic -- the real ones, not the ones the Academy teaches him. A lot of the specifics are going to blur out at this point, but he knows that steel is dangerous and can disrupt his magic and especially his avatars (but his instructors use it to block newniks until they can be trusted to cast safely), that there are at least five methods of making the sacred motions that shape elemental magic other than the one he knows, that savantism (something he knows he does, even if he doesn't get what it is) was once the norm instead of an aberration. He also confirms that yes, he's a Duelist.
* He's furious that everything he was taught was wrong or incomplete, but more furious that someone is using the lost knowledge to threaten his friends and the Empire.
* He doesn't get Tala's name, but he knows she's a friend, from the same country he is, and a powerful Singer. Song magic is still really impressive, but she apparently finds elemental magic just as impressive.
* He knows the basics of how his avatars work, as well as how his elemental spells work.
* +50 smart collaboration, especially with other magic users
* +50 affection for libraries
* +150 determination to find out the truth, whatever it happens to be
EFFECTS/WHAT HE LEARNS
* A lot of the basic concepts behind his magic -- the real ones, not the ones the Academy teaches him. A lot of the specifics are going to blur out at this point, but he knows that steel is dangerous and can disrupt his magic and especially his avatars (but his instructors use it to block newniks until they can be trusted to cast safely), that there are at least five methods of making the sacred motions that shape elemental magic other than the one he knows, that savantism (something he knows he does, even if he doesn't get what it is) was once the norm instead of an aberration. He also confirms that yes, he's a Duelist.
* He's furious that everything he was taught was wrong or incomplete, but more furious that someone is using the lost knowledge to threaten his friends and the Empire.
* He doesn't get Tala's name, but he knows she's a friend, from the same country he is, and a powerful Singer. Song magic is still really impressive, but she apparently finds elemental magic just as impressive.
* He knows the basics of how his avatars work, as well as how his elemental spells work.
* +50 smart collaboration, especially with other magic users
* +50 affection for libraries
* +150 determination to find out the truth, whatever it happens to be
