Hello, everyone!! I'm not here right now - probably in class or with my friends! Or on a mission. Um...leave me a message here and I'll get back to you soon, okay? Bye!!
[The cheering is really, really nice, and Ochako does smile a bit - she definitely does react to some positive reinforcement and praise - but it's easy to tell she's actually focusing pretty hard on maintaining an even flame. Her brows are knit together, lips pursed into a hard line, and her eyes are glued on that little flame that seems to keep dancing in her palm...crackling and popping wildly like it's just waiting to explode outwards.]
Haah...wh-why's it so hard to...maintain a small thing like this?
[You'd think a bigger blaze would be harder, right? At least Ochako does, but a smaller flame actually takes way more control and reigning in that power...which she doesn't have a handle on at all. The 'output' of her magic is always dialed right up to ten and stuck there, so turning it down to something like a two or a three...takes work. After a while, she lets the flame die out and sighs.]
How do you manage to get your magic to work like that, Bennett-kun? I'm trying to mimic a friend that has control over fire, but...I mostly see him use it at max power, and I don't really know how he ignites it...
I'm... probably not the best person to ask about that, haha.
[Bennett awkward scratches the back of his head.]
You see, back home, I've got what's called a Vision. [He reaches down and curls his fingers around the red jewel attached to his bag.] With it, I can use fire to fight! So even though it doesn't work here, I guess fire comes naturally to me? Maybe a little too naturally...
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That's it, Ochako, you're doing it! Just keep doing... whatever it is you're doing!
[Whatever that is, he has no clue. Small magic happens accidentally for him, he couldn't even fathom having to actually try for it.]
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Haah...wh-why's it so hard to...maintain a small thing like this?
[You'd think a bigger blaze would be harder, right? At least Ochako does, but a smaller flame actually takes way more control and reigning in that power...which she doesn't have a handle on at all. The 'output' of her magic is always dialed right up to ten and stuck there, so turning it down to something like a two or a three...takes work. After a while, she lets the flame die out and sighs.]
How do you manage to get your magic to work like that, Bennett-kun? I'm trying to mimic a friend that has control over fire, but...I mostly see him use it at max power, and I don't really know how he ignites it...
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[Bennett awkward scratches the back of his head.]
You see, back home, I've got what's called a Vision. [He reaches down and curls his fingers around the red jewel attached to his bag.] With it, I can use fire to fight! So even though it doesn't work here, I guess fire comes naturally to me? Maybe a little too naturally...