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@nicknack

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[ he's going to sweat out the 'read' for all of an hour or two before he cracks ]

i actually wasnt trying to defend him
like i was actually just trying to have a conversation about doing magical favours
it wasnt like
bc it was him asking
i wouldve said the same if anyone had asked the qu

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( have fun waiting for another hour before he bothers to respond. )

my stance doesn't change
we don't know the people here

they might not be from our world, but it doesn't make them any less fucked up than the hunters and other assholes who would do anything to have their way with our abilities

even if that means manipulating, coercing or torturing it out of us

asking for a fair exchange isn't unreasonable, nick
it puts you on equal footing with whoever's seeking help
it sets a tone that you aren't a fucking free magical dispenser at their disposal
and it doesn't make you any LESS nice for it either

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offering something freely isn't the same thing as becoming a perpetual magical machine
people can do a favour without promising the entire world

but you see it differently and thats fine im not actually trying to argue with you
i just

im not actually TRYING to piss you off pierce

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sure

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im not

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sure

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can you not be like that

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what do you want me to say, nicholas?

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like literally anything other than sure?

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if you aren't trying to piss me off, then you're doing a fucking shoddy job at it

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i don't want to fight with you
and if you just 'sure' me then you're going to just stay mad at me and then where does that leave us

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i'm not in the mood to deal with your rose tinted view on life

( he should just end it here, since oli and marco wants him to play nice. unfortunately, neither of them are here right now, so— )

it's great that you've had the luxury to skirt by in this world so far just getting high and trusting every single fuck you meet, but you aren't doing anyone a favor by downplaying how serious the misuse of magic can be

so next time you want to play knight in shining armor for aug, think a little more on how that incessant coddling might fuck him over in the future

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i wasn't trying to defend him
i really wasnt, not this time

but youre also taking every single thing to the extreme
not every favour is gross magical malpractice and i didnt at any point say thats what i was advocating for
i don't know why you insist on taking the absolute worst faith reads on everything i say

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taking things to the extreme?
all i asked was for aug to make a fair exchange, which he agreed to
you were the one who'd decided to make a big fucking deal out of it

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so if i have a different opinion than you its making a big fucking deal?

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it is when it can lead to disastrous consequences

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this is exactly what i'm talking about

do you think i dont know the difference between giving a potion to someone because itll help and like
fucking up magic?

i know you think i'm an idiot but i'm not brand fucking new

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except you think it's fine to do it for free
which is what leads to potential magical backlash

there's always a price to pay no matter how small or insignifant you think the act might be

so no, it doesn't seem to me like you understand the difference at all

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have you ever considered just maybe that you might not be the absolute be all end all font of understanding of magic?
not everything requires a compromise, there IS a middle ground
like has it ever occurred to you that what i do doesnt cost what yours does?

you think i'm being naive but i think youre refusing to see any value in my view at all

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( that bites.

they both know that healing magic is the one area that pierce can't tap into naturally. )

i might not be a healer like you are, o'broin
but it doesn't mean that i don't know shit about it
if you want me to stay in my own fucking lane on what you want to do with your magic, then have it your way
just do me a favor and leave the others out of it
not all of us can just find an easy middle ground whenever we want to play nice and service others

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you want me to leave you all out of it?

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( he should have just ignored his text.

actually, that's a fucking great idea. he is just going to yeet his phone through a portal now and hope it smacks marco in the face. )

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[ right, yeah. he's just going to-

...go find somewhere else to be for a while. as far away from the boy's hallway as possible, preferably. ]