The woman gets to her feet, and as she does so Axel finds himself looking up, surprisingly enough. Way up. Very way up. Uh... wow. He's clocking in at 6'3" and this girl's got a head and change on him. That's new.
When she snaps her fingers and lightning strikes the smoldering kindling, however, he physically jumps back and snaps his arms up, the flame gone from his hands instantly. It's a reflex that anyone who ever ran into Larxene more than twice developed if they wanted to survive another run-in, and even now that he knows she's not here, it's still his kneejerk reaction to lightning-based magic. Well, at least that answers the question of why she wasn't terribly impressed by his little trick. Damn, should have gone bigger.
"Clearly," he says dryly, rubbing his forehead and then giving a bit of a laugh as he dusts splinters from his coat. "I keep forgetting this place isn't just... any other old world," he says, shaking his head. "Most of the places I traveled to back... before"--he figures he doesn't have to specify before what--"nobody really knew what magic was, let alone had any aptitude with it." He clicks his tongue and snaps his fingers with mock disappointment. "So hard to impress people here."
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The woman gets to her feet, and as she does so Axel finds himself looking up, surprisingly enough. Way up. Very way up. Uh... wow. He's clocking in at 6'3" and this girl's got a head and change on him. That's new.
When she snaps her fingers and lightning strikes the smoldering kindling, however, he physically jumps back and snaps his arms up, the flame gone from his hands instantly. It's a reflex that anyone who ever ran into Larxene more than twice developed if they wanted to survive another run-in, and even now that he knows she's not here, it's still his kneejerk reaction to lightning-based magic. Well, at least that answers the question of why she wasn't terribly impressed by his little trick. Damn, should have gone bigger.
"Clearly," he says dryly, rubbing his forehead and then giving a bit of a laugh as he dusts splinters from his coat. "I keep forgetting this place isn't just... any other old world," he says, shaking his head. "Most of the places I traveled to back... before"--he figures he doesn't have to specify before what--"nobody really knew what magic was, let alone had any aptitude with it." He clicks his tongue and snaps his fingers with mock disappointment. "So hard to impress people here."