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[video] Sunday Afternoon, Week 39

[ While trying to figure out what path to take, Helga has been studying the communicator device that she was given. It is unlike anything she has ever seen before. It does not resemble something that even great Archimedes would have crafted. It is sleek. There are no gears that she can see nor can she see any moving parts. She cautiously experiments, buttons are pushed. The screen flashes on. People talk. It startles Helga into dropping the device as though it had just burned her.

What is that? The device is pointed up at her and it shows a woman with long, red hair wearing an even longer mustard-colored dress. She is sitting outside of the great ship. There is an expression of uncertainty on her face.

She watches it for a moment before picking it back up. ]

Is this a two-way mirror of some kind? Can anyone hear my voice?

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You are correct. I am no mage, but neither am I a Templar, so you have no need to fear me. Do you have any talent for healing? There are those amongst us who would prefer something more familiar to us than the local healing practices should we fall ill. Myself, especially.

What is a Templar, exactly?

[ It does not sound all that good, to be honest. ]

I do have some skills with healing.

In my homeland, the Chantry trains Templars to find and capture mages who are not part of the Circle. They learn abilities to nullify magic - but which are much like magic as well. I always found that to be ironic.

Thankfully for people with talents like your own, this is not Ferelden and you are free to do as you wish.

Nullify magic?

[ Helga is aghast and such a notion and concept. ]

How is such a thing possible?

[ You know, so she can avoid it. ]

Elissa struggles with how to explain it, since it was not something she could learn. "It is... No. Let me begin another way. Mages have within them a .. a well of magic, if you will. They draw from it, to my understanding, to cast their spells. A Templar can drain the mana from a mage with what they call a smite. It is like suddenly emptying the bucket and leaving the mage weakened and without the ability to cast spells again until the bucket has refilled."

She squints just a little, a furrow appearing between her brows. "A mage can also deplete their store of mana by casting too many or too powerful spells in quick succession. Does this make sense?"

Yes and no. Your explanation for how wizards cast spells in your world, makes sense for your world. However, that is not how magic works in mine, I must say.

Now I am intrigued! How does it work in your world?

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