[So, travelers to other worlds aren't uncommon where Xingqiu comes from, then? That's the conclusion Ain draws anyway, nodding thoughtfully once Xingqiu answers his endless barrage of inquiries.]
Fascinating. Where I come from, there's no such phenomenon.
[The elements on his home plane are also wildly unstable at times. If only there were Gods just handing out magic to some trusted individuals, maybe everything would be fine? Probably not. Ain shrugs internally and turns his attention back to the conversation at hand.]
If I may ask further, how did you get your Vision, Mr. Swordsman?
[They're still uncommon, but the ones that have seem to have made names for themselves in both good and bad ways. The one Xingqiu is closest to is a good person, though, so he may paint a picture of it in a more positive light than the reality.]
I see.. So people have elemental abilities innately? Are they born with them?
[Xingqiu taps on his chin in deep thought about the matter. He's never thought of how that might work. A human being able to harness the elements for their own use without first being favored by the corresponding archons. It's all quite fascinating--like an adventure book.]
It presented itself to me not that long ago..I'm still learning to master it, actually. I may not have been drawn to learn any form of swordsmanship if it hadn't. In fact, it's a little difficult to imagine what I would be like if it hadn't. [He'd still be a second son bookworm heir, but maybe just a lot less capable in a fight.]
Your world sounds so fascinating though. Tell me more about it. What do you do there?
[Ain spends a solid minute mulling over his answer to that question. There's a lot that goes into Elrios and how magic works there; plus, he's only been around humans for the last five years, having known nothing but a blank void for five hundred before that. He doesn't get into that particular bit for obvious reasons — obvious to him anyway.]
Me, personally? [That wispy laugh of his makes another appearance.] Well... primarily, I go on adventures with a fairly sizeable group of people in an effort to... currently, stop the world from ending, I suppose is the best way to describe it. We recently were face to face with demon armies, until I was pulled here, I suppose.
[Not fighting demons is all well and good, but Ain hopes that Elrios doesn't explode while he's gone.]
To answer your prior question, though, I suppose it's true that many are born with innate elemental abilities. Those with extremely strong affinity for specific elements are actually made into "Masters" of it. These Masters are meant to guard over the elements themselves, the "El" as we refer to them.
[A pause before Ain continues, glaring into the fire,] Though, there was one such Master who betrayed them and thus the realm itself — the Master of the Moon El — and as a result of his actions, a calamity known as the El Explosion took place. My companions and I were previously cleaning up the aftermath of that.
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Fascinating. Where I come from, there's no such phenomenon.
[The elements on his home plane are also wildly unstable at times. If only there were Gods just handing out magic to some trusted individuals, maybe everything would be fine? Probably not. Ain shrugs internally and turns his attention back to the conversation at hand.]
If I may ask further, how did you get your Vision, Mr. Swordsman?
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I see.. So people have elemental abilities innately? Are they born with them?
[Xingqiu taps on his chin in deep thought about the matter. He's never thought of how that might work. A human being able to harness the elements for their own use without first being favored by the corresponding archons. It's all quite fascinating--like an adventure book.]
It presented itself to me not that long ago..I'm still learning to master it, actually. I may not have been drawn to learn any form of swordsmanship if it hadn't. In fact, it's a little difficult to imagine what I would be like if it hadn't. [He'd still be a second son bookworm heir, but maybe just a lot less capable in a fight.]
Your world sounds so fascinating though. Tell me more about it. What do you do there?
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Me, personally? [That wispy laugh of his makes another appearance.] Well... primarily, I go on adventures with a fairly sizeable group of people in an effort to... currently, stop the world from ending, I suppose is the best way to describe it. We recently were face to face with demon armies, until I was pulled here, I suppose.
[Not fighting demons is all well and good, but Ain hopes that Elrios doesn't explode while he's gone.]
To answer your prior question, though, I suppose it's true that many are born with innate elemental abilities. Those with extremely strong affinity for specific elements are actually made into "Masters" of it. These Masters are meant to guard over the elements themselves, the "El" as we refer to them.
[A pause before Ain continues, glaring into the fire,] Though, there was one such Master who betrayed them and thus the realm itself — the Master of the Moon El — and as a result of his actions, a calamity known as the El Explosion took place. My companions and I were previously cleaning up the aftermath of that.