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fandomhigh2016-02-18 11:38 pm
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Defending Yourself Against Magic | Friday, period 2
Bob was a weirdly Bob combination of smug and disgruntled this week - on the one hand, the pollen couldn't affect him. On the other...it couldn't affect him, damn it. It was a trade-off.
"This week's lesson's rather timely, as it happens," he told the students once they arrived. "Now that you've all had a chance to learn a bit about magic, you need to learn more about how to fight it. Which starts, once again, with knowing it's there. Influence isn't always as up-front as a rock yelling in your head. If you want to find out something's in your mind that doesn't belong, you have to learn your own mind first."
He waved at the room, which became a dimly green-lit place, with plush cushions and low couches all over and gentle music in the background. "Most techniques to do that are fairly similar and start with meditation. It also happens to be a very good way to calm yourself down. Get comfortable, and we'll begin."
"This week's lesson's rather timely, as it happens," he told the students once they arrived. "Now that you've all had a chance to learn a bit about magic, you need to learn more about how to fight it. Which starts, once again, with knowing it's there. Influence isn't always as up-front as a rock yelling in your head. If you want to find out something's in your mind that doesn't belong, you have to learn your own mind first."
He waved at the room, which became a dimly green-lit place, with plush cushions and low couches all over and gentle music in the background. "Most techniques to do that are fairly similar and start with meditation. It also happens to be a very good way to calm yourself down. Get comfortable, and we'll begin."
Listen to the lecture!
Re: Listen to the lecture!
... Cassandra sat there radiating a veritable cauldron of frustration, which would surely mix well with today's exercise.
Re: Listen to the lecture!
Which was probably a pretty important part of it having a chance of working.