[He resists the urge to point out that that, right there, is the problem: this man looks too good by half for his 'age', even for a Heroic Spirit. It's not the vehicle of the curse, of course, but it doesn't -- can't -- help.
... There's no way to make the point without sounding ridiculous, though, so Kariya contents himself with pulling his eyes away. Again.
He of all people should be proof against the power of appearances.]
It sounds like the Tower is amplifying the magic of your curse somehow. [Clumsy a mage as he is, it still seems like the sort of enchantment that shouldn't require more than brute force and a proper will; he doesn't contemplate further on which of those might have been lacking.] It's definitely trouble, but we might as well think of solutions rather than worst-case scenarios.
[Not that the two don't go hand-in-hand, but it's the principle of the thing. The reassurance thing.]
If magic could usually counteract it, maybe magic could still dampen the effects. At least enough so that you won't have to wall yourself up like a princess in the tower.
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... There's no way to make the point without sounding ridiculous, though, so Kariya contents himself with pulling his eyes away. Again.
He of all people should be proof against the power of appearances.]
It sounds like the Tower is amplifying the magic of your curse somehow. [Clumsy a mage as he is, it still seems like the sort of enchantment that shouldn't require more than brute force and a proper will; he doesn't contemplate further on which of those might have been lacking.] It's definitely trouble, but we might as well think of solutions rather than worst-case scenarios.
[Not that the two don't go hand-in-hand, but it's the principle of the thing. The reassurance thing.]
If magic could usually counteract it, maybe magic could still dampen the effects. At least enough so that you won't have to wall yourself up like a princess in the tower.