Was this guy for real?
Eric looked around, just to check, but everyone who was looking in their direction was still staring at him, as if hanging off his every word. He tried smelling out the magic again, nose wrinkling at the tingling, honey-syrup-sweet miasma that seemed to be rolling off him in waves. He could even feel it, if he concentrated, clinging to his skin and everyone it came across, drawing in whoever happened to be close by. It was a nasty piece of work, but he had no idea how he was doing it. He didn’t know much magic, after all, other than his own. Still, there had to be something else he could do.
“This is a trading caravan,” Eric said, slowly, as if he could have missed it, “These people depend on trade for their livelihoods. I don’t know what kind of magic you’ve worked on them, but I can’t let you just take so much of their stuff for, what was it? ‘The brief, transient pleasure of your company?’”
He leaned down, just to make sure he got the point across, hands braced on either side of the same crate the boy- man? boy? was shifting through. He wasn’t smiling anymore.
Eric looked around, just to check, but everyone who was looking in their direction was still staring at him, as if hanging off his every word. He tried smelling out the magic again, nose wrinkling at the tingling, honey-syrup-sweet miasma that seemed to be rolling off him in waves. He could even feel it, if he concentrated, clinging to his skin and everyone it came across, drawing in whoever happened to be close by. It was a nasty piece of work, but he had no idea how he was doing it. He didn’t know much magic, after all, other than his own. Still, there had to be something else he could do.
“This is a trading caravan,” Eric said, slowly, as if he could have missed it, “These people depend on trade for their livelihoods. I don’t know what kind of magic you’ve worked on them, but I can’t let you just take so much of their stuff for, what was it? ‘The brief, transient pleasure of your company?’”
He leaned down, just to make sure he got the point across, hands braced on either side of the same crate the boy- man? boy? was shifting through. He wasn’t smiling anymore.
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