[ (Dear Colonel, don't say such scary things! Shi Qingxuan can't swim that well!!)
Shi Qingxuan listens silently, arms folding into his sleeves. So it's Miss Friday who's responsible for them... If it's anyone, it does make sense that it's the person who ceremoniously gave them to everyone here. But it also raises more questions, and Shi Qingxuan bites at the inside of his cheek in thought as those questions stick in the back of his mind. He can ask about Miss Friday later - if Jade knows more - but right now, he's the one being asked questions! ]
No. [ Pointblank. ] At least as far as the charms I'm familiar with are concerned, there's no such thing as needing to keep secrets to protect their effectiveness. If that were the case, how could one protect themself? If the goal was to hide it, then discussing it at all would endanger its integrity, but she's already done that much, so that can't be right. [ In confidence or not. ] Besides, saying something like that just teases people's imagination. Even you're curious about it, so you know what I mean.
[ Like a mystery in a storybook, the more you hint at, the deeper people want to dig! If something's meant to be a vital secret, why even drop the hint?? Although the whole thing sounds like nonsense, Shi Qingxuan isn't sure if he believes or doubts her himself. There is also a practical explanation to be had here. ]
Even if it doesn't sound very plausible from a spiritual magic standpoint, that doesn't necessarily mean Miss Friday is lying. Isn't it also possible that she just doesn't know the how or why, only what they do? In that case, then people losing faith in her abilities also counts as a way for her leis to lose their effectiveness... [ Sigh! ] Sometimes acting mysterious is a more effective strategy than admitting the truth... Magic is arcane, after all, and she isn't an ordinary human. Do you know how she even came across this knowledge in the first place?
[ It isn't as if she went to school and trained if she was created by the captain! Usually creations shouldn't have more knowledge than their creators anyway, but he has to admit to himself that it's already extremely unlikely Friday is the sort of man-made avatar he's familiar with... This whole thing is a lot to take in when he was playing drinking games and discovering new and inventive ways to get a rise out of his best friend not even tweleve hours ago. But if he focuses on trying to solve this strangeness, he doesn't need to focus on the other parts. ]
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Shi Qingxuan listens silently, arms folding into his sleeves. So it's Miss Friday who's responsible for them... If it's anyone, it does make sense that it's the person who ceremoniously gave them to everyone here. But it also raises more questions, and Shi Qingxuan bites at the inside of his cheek in thought as those questions stick in the back of his mind. He can ask about Miss Friday later - if Jade knows more - but right now, he's the one being asked questions! ]
No. [ Pointblank. ] At least as far as the charms I'm familiar with are concerned, there's no such thing as needing to keep secrets to protect their effectiveness. If that were the case, how could one protect themself? If the goal was to hide it, then discussing it at all would endanger its integrity, but she's already done that much, so that can't be right. [ In confidence or not. ] Besides, saying something like that just teases people's imagination. Even you're curious about it, so you know what I mean.
[ Like a mystery in a storybook, the more you hint at, the deeper people want to dig! If something's meant to be a vital secret, why even drop the hint?? Although the whole thing sounds like nonsense, Shi Qingxuan isn't sure if he believes or doubts her himself. There is also a practical explanation to be had here. ]
Even if it doesn't sound very plausible from a spiritual magic standpoint, that doesn't necessarily mean Miss Friday is lying. Isn't it also possible that she just doesn't know the how or why, only what they do? In that case, then people losing faith in her abilities also counts as a way for her leis to lose their effectiveness... [ Sigh! ] Sometimes acting mysterious is a more effective strategy than admitting the truth... Magic is arcane, after all, and she isn't an ordinary human. Do you know how she even came across this knowledge in the first place?
[ It isn't as if she went to school and trained if she was created by the captain! Usually creations shouldn't have more knowledge than their creators anyway, but he has to admit to himself that it's already extremely unlikely Friday is the sort of man-made avatar he's familiar with... This whole thing is a lot to take in when he was playing drinking games and discovering new and inventive ways to get a rise out of his best friend not even tweleve hours ago. But if he focuses on trying to solve this strangeness, he doesn't need to focus on the other parts. ]