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Just as I thought. He eyed her distastefully, and the smile - if there had even been one - on his face turned uneasy. What does she think I am, a genius?
Not trusting himself to speak, he stepped aside so that she could enter a little further into the house. As much as Jade would allow, that is. Now look what you've done, invited an unwelcome visitor further in. Great, Banadu, just great.
Coughing in the awkward silence that followed, he took in her appearance closely and assessed that she was quite harmless. Well, obviously not so harmless as to be void of spellcasting, but the expression in her eyes gave assurance that she would not resort to violence, for now.
"Well..." What to say, Banadu, what to say? It had been so long since he had last spoken to a fellow spellcaster that he was rather tongue-tied. Bashfully, he scratched his head, turned to his most unhelpful tabby and then back to Esaha. "... obviously, you have untapped power." He did not know whether to be impressed by this, happy for her or entirely threatened. "You need to learn to harness it."
All this was spoken in a drawl, as if she ought to be grateful that he was even answering her questions. Yet there was nothing he could do to stop the occasional twitch in his eyes, or the clenching and unclenching of his fists.
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