"I'm not amazing at identifying poetry by style so I'll have to take your word for it."

I  T HI N K  S HE S W R ON G   AB O UT  I T  BE I NG  EA S I E R  F O R  SP E L S  O B J  L Y   A N D  S HE   J UST  L IK E S  PO E TR Y

"Well, people in general and her in particular have been known to have worse pastimes, I suppose."

(Flip) yes

"I don't suppose you know how permissive 'your own direct Action' is supposed to be. Like, is unplugging someone on life support direct enough?"

I don't know  maybe

"I don't wanna go around framing people for deaths and I think it has intentionally been made pretty hard to commit the perfect murder. Hopefully I do not have an urgent need for any of the spells requiring this one."

Onward.

Tap.

(Flip) W H Y  D O  Y O U  T HI NK  T HE  B O    K   W O U L D   W A R N  O F  I T C H

"If she'd ever done the ritual! She doesn't exactly radiate 'concern for potential subjects of a murder ritual' in her commentaries here whereas it does seem like she's trying in the direction of being informative on the magic end."

I T  W A S  NO T  I N CA P AC I T A T I N G

"I guess maybe she thought that was a sufficient excuse to leave it out."

W EI R D E R  T O  M E  T H A T  D O E S N T  M E N T I ON  PO W E R

"What do you mean?"

BE S I DE S  PR E R E QS  W H A T  D O E S  I T  D O

"It is admittedly not very specific on that either which is why we are on this branch of the conversational tree. Most of them it has more to say on that subject."

B UT  T O  M E  T H A TS  W A Y  W E I R DE R      I  T HI N K  M EDA S  D O N E  I T (flip) maybe

"Seems plausible."

T O      M A N Y  SP E L  S   I N  H E R  ST Y L E  W I T H  I T  A S  PR E R E Q  F OR  HE R  T O  NO T  H A V E  U NL E S     OM E T HI N G  W EI R D  W A S  G O I N G  ON

"I wonder how it would have become obvious that she needed a - stepping stone spell? Like, why not just design the later spells to not have this requirement."

CA N  I  GE T  PU N C TU A T I ON  P E R I O D   Q  M A R K

"Yeah of course." Amend amend.

T H A NK S.  T HE R E S  A  P A T   E RN  W H E R E  S P E L  S  G E T  SO M U CH  MOR E  C OMPL E X  T HE  MO R E  PO W E R F U L  T HE Y  A R E.  PR E R E Q  ON E S  V A ST L Y  S I MPL E R.  I  D ON T  KNO W  H O W  S HE  FIG UR ED  I T  O U T   A T  FI RST  B UT  ON CE  T HE R E S  ON E  T HE  R E ST  M A K E  S E N S E.

"Is this the only spell which itself is rather than requiring a prerequisite?"

L O TS  O F  I M B U I N G  SP E L  S  IN    E X T   CH A PT E R  M A K E   A N  O B JEC T  M A GI C  J UST  F OR A NO T HE R  SP E L  TO  US E  T H A T  A S   M A T E R I A L.

"I guess that's of a kind if... the caster... is a material."