Jaqueline heard the words and her initial instinct was to do just the opposite: fight the old-fashioned way. The safer way.
But she was right, Jaq had more resources at her disposal. It was stupid not to use them at this point.
So she did.
She focused her will and concentrated...envisioning the light bending all around her as she moved out of the shadows and toward the witch. It wasn't actually bending...but for those under her spell it might as well have been.
To everyone else in the clearing, the darkspawn rushing toward Morrigan from behind fell out of nowhere. One moment he was there, his weapon raised and carried with the momentum of the charge, and the next his feet were out from under him as he fell face down to the ground.
But then Jaq seemed to ripple into existence, the glamour she had conjured being dismissed away.
She looked around, noting the numerous bodies that the witch had felled without much effort. She also reached out with her senses, searching for signs that more danger lurked unseen. The only danger she felt, though, seemed to come from the witch.
So...they were alone again.
[color=#7CD98A]"I..."[/color]
Jaq let the thought trail off; she didn't know what to say. She'd never just revealed her magic like that. Not to anyone...and certainly not to a stranger while using her real name. She would have chastised herself...but again, that feeling in the pit of her stomach made her feel like this was the only course of action that would take her forward.
While she steeled her resolve, she pulled a dagger from one of the bodies and tucked it back into its sheath, exerting the smallest amount of will to make it wink out of visibility again. Finally, she was ready to ask the question.
[color=#7CD98A]"What do you mean you could sense it?"[/color] She'd only used the tiniest amount...so small, in fact, that only one person had ever been able to detect it - and he had known what to look for.
But she was right, Jaq had more resources at her disposal. It was stupid not to use them at this point.
So she did.
She focused her will and concentrated...envisioning the light bending all around her as she moved out of the shadows and toward the witch. It wasn't actually bending...but for those under her spell it might as well have been.
To everyone else in the clearing, the darkspawn rushing toward Morrigan from behind fell out of nowhere. One moment he was there, his weapon raised and carried with the momentum of the charge, and the next his feet were out from under him as he fell face down to the ground.
But then Jaq seemed to ripple into existence, the glamour she had conjured being dismissed away.
She looked around, noting the numerous bodies that the witch had felled without much effort. She also reached out with her senses, searching for signs that more danger lurked unseen. The only danger she felt, though, seemed to come from the witch.
So...they were alone again.
[color=#7CD98A]"I..."[/color]
Jaq let the thought trail off; she didn't know what to say. She'd never just revealed her magic like that. Not to anyone...and certainly not to a stranger while using her real name. She would have chastised herself...but again, that feeling in the pit of her stomach made her feel like this was the only course of action that would take her forward.
While she steeled her resolve, she pulled a dagger from one of the bodies and tucked it back into its sheath, exerting the smallest amount of will to make it wink out of visibility again. Finally, she was ready to ask the question.
[color=#7CD98A]"What do you mean you could sense it?"[/color] She'd only used the tiniest amount...so small, in fact, that only one person had ever been able to detect it - and he had known what to look for.
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