"You are not wrong." The slightest of smiles. Rokuro isn't offended. It is what it is. He made peace with the sacrifice of his water-crest eye what feels like a lifetime ago. Now, it isn't the loss that hurts, so much as the memory of personal betrayal and failure that comes with it.
He trails his fingertips over the items on the table, noting the energies that travel up through his fingers-- or lack thereof. The seller isn't a charlatan, but it's likely he peddles his lesser wares to the rebel's newer recruits who don't have enough experience with magic to know better.
"I was born with a sensitivity to such things, although I did not know it as 'magic' until arriving here. To me, it is simply energy, whether elemental or divine. Every person has an energy, as does every object. Some are simply more powerful than others."
Rokuro doesn't say outright that he senses something strange from Stephen, as it would be rude to do so, and because... he can't quite place what it is. Unusual, given Rokuro can name most of what he feels immediately, but not unheard of.
Finally, his fingers stop over a simple rock. "If power is what you seek, this is a better choice. It holds much energy within it. As do you."
[Checked your permissions for telepathy/mindreading, hope it's okay for Rokuro to feel something! If not just LMK, and if you'd like to clarify what it is he feels I'd be happy to work with it :)]
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He trails his fingertips over the items on the table, noting the energies that travel up through his fingers-- or lack thereof. The seller isn't a charlatan, but it's likely he peddles his lesser wares to the rebel's newer recruits who don't have enough experience with magic to know better.
"I was born with a sensitivity to such things, although I did not know it as 'magic' until arriving here. To me, it is simply energy, whether elemental or divine. Every person has an energy, as does every object. Some are simply more powerful than others."
Rokuro doesn't say outright that he senses something strange from Stephen, as it would be rude to do so, and because... he can't quite place what it is. Unusual, given Rokuro can name most of what he feels immediately, but not unheard of.
Finally, his fingers stop over a simple rock. "If power is what you seek, this is a better choice. It holds much energy within it. As do you."
[Checked your permissions for telepathy/mindreading, hope it's okay for Rokuro to feel something! If not just LMK, and if you'd like to clarify what it is he feels I'd be happy to work with it :)]