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[falsehoods]

I wish to speak of magic.

[Loki lifts a hand and a ball of green light appears in his palm.]

Some consider it a science, others mere...trickery...

An illusion but naught else.

[He breathes on to the orb and it cracks; veins of light jagging across its surface, then a small dragon starts to emerge, as if hatching.]

It is hard to consider magic in a place such as this, that feels so sterile and dark. But, I think, there are many among us who come from places where the arcane is not so alien.

And we long for that...

For some mystical light, to illuminate the darkness.

[He lowers his hands and the little dragon hovers in place, flapping its glowing wings.]

To give us wonder, once more.

Who here knows about magic, and its practice? And to whom is it naught but a lie.

[He frowns and waves his fingers through the dragon, causing it to dissolve.]

Miles, I already know your answer, so you need not respond.

((ooc: People who admit to knowing/using magic will go on Loki's "stalker list", just in case that is something you'd like to avoid.))

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[shadowbinder]

There will always be unbelievers. Those lost in the darkness and confusion. Those who never listen or learn until it is too late.

[falsehoods]

"Too late"?

You make magic sound like something wicked.

[shadowbinder]

Is that what you understood from my words?

[falsehoods]

Or a force that could save the world.

Both could be accurate, depending on the hands wielding the magic.

Which is the case where you hail from?

[shadowbinder]

As you have said. It depends on who wields it. Even in the realm I hail from.

[falsehoods]

Who wields it?

[shadowbinder]

Those who serve the Lord of Light, and those who do not.

[falsehoods]

You speak of dark and light magic.

I have heard such a dichotomy exists in some worlds.

[shadowbinder]

We choose. We choose light or we choose darkness. We choose good or we choose evil. This is not only with magic.

[falsehoods]

I am not certain that everyone who is called evil has chosen to be so.

[shadowbinder]

If you did not choose light, you chose dark.

[falsehoods]

An over-abundance of light blinds as certainly as pitch darkness does.

[shadowbinder]

Only if your pride proves stronger than your faith.

[falsehoods]

Are you a woman of faith, then?

[shadowbinder]

Of the one true God, R'hllor.

[falsehoods]

Tell me of him.

[shadowbinder]

R'hllor is the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow. There is only he, and the Great Other, whose name should not be spoken, lest you drawn his eye down upon you.

[falsehoods]

I shall not ask about his Other, then.

If your god is one of Flame and Shadow, is there not an aspect of the darkness to him?

Any lord of all must embrace both.

[shadowbinder]

How does one cast a shadow?

One needs light. There are no shadows in the darkness. Shadows are the servants of light, the children of fire.