Hey. Hey. [ She takes him by the shoulders and pushes him back so she can look him in the eyes, her expression frank and her tone rather blunt when she speaks. ]
Physics are all well and good, but knowing Newton's laws doesn't help me in a war either. My first draft? I was terrified. And if I'm honest with myself, I should have died. It took a lot of different people to keep me alive out there. I was useless. Completely.
But that's the point of learning. I'm going to change that. I am never going to be in that position again if I can help it. I'm going to learn skills they can't take away from me. And you know what? You could do the same thing. [ A little more gently, encouraging now. ] They can take your powers, but they can't take your mind. Whatever you learn - it's going to stick with you. So if you learn ... self-defense, or medicine... even tactics and strategy. That's how you manage in a war. Even without magic.
[action] nope nope nope i see nothing wrong with this plan it's great
Physics are all well and good, but knowing Newton's laws doesn't help me in a war either. My first draft? I was terrified. And if I'm honest with myself, I should have died. It took a lot of different people to keep me alive out there. I was useless. Completely.
But that's the point of learning. I'm going to change that. I am never going to be in that position again if I can help it. I'm going to learn skills they can't take away from me. And you know what? You could do the same thing. [ A little more gently, encouraging now. ] They can take your powers, but they can't take your mind. Whatever you learn - it's going to stick with you. So if you learn ... self-defense, or medicine... even tactics and strategy. That's how you manage in a war. Even without magic.