Dirk's analysis is something Waver wishes he could get in writing to pour over it properly. Words like this go too fast, and he's hardly in listening-to-a-lecture mode, taking notes like a good student. And Waver is a good student, if nothing else.
Besides, he knows he needs perspective. Waver himself had only gotten so far into the whole matter, thrown for a loop by the system of magic and the concept of a coven. A coven was a laughable idea back home, one that came from lay people with visions of witches, not proper magi. All the additional points about communication were even more important, and world hopping, which threw Waver back into reconciling this with the Five Magics.
No wonder he barely processed anything tonight. But there is something that does stick out, now that so much has been laid bare.
"None of this really connects with the mansion we were in earlier. Aside from the book trove, there's no indication of a tangible connection to a concentration of magic resources, or anything beyond people worried about a weird hoard of home invaders who showed up after they let the place go."
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Besides, he knows he needs perspective. Waver himself had only gotten so far into the whole matter, thrown for a loop by the system of magic and the concept of a coven. A coven was a laughable idea back home, one that came from lay people with visions of witches, not proper magi. All the additional points about communication were even more important, and world hopping, which threw Waver back into reconciling this with the Five Magics.
No wonder he barely processed anything tonight. But there is something that does stick out, now that so much has been laid bare.
"None of this really connects with the mansion we were in earlier. Aside from the book trove, there's no indication of a tangible connection to a concentration of magic resources, or anything beyond people worried about a weird hoard of home invaders who showed up after they let the place go."