She hops up onto a stool, propping her chin in one hand and watching him. That little half-smile appears again when he pulls down the French press.
"Look at you, Webster. Staying New York fancy in bumfuck nowhere."
She shrugs. "I mean, depends on what I want it to do, really? God how do I even like... explain this shit. The Gift, it's just the power to make things happen, I guess? Sort of? It's the ability to cast spells. And your ritual, that's how you use the Gift, the way you kind of tap into that ability. Rituals are..."
She frowns, staring into space. "Like... okay."
Athena sits up, holding her hands out in front of her in a kind of woah, slow down motion that's definitely not directed at Malcolm. "Let me try this again. The Gift is just power. Either you have the Gift or you don't. The ritual is how you access it. That's the interesting part. The Gift kind of... attaches itself, I guess? To the things you're good at, the things you care about. Like, I love music. I always have. I can only tap into the Gift using music. Like, say, I want to move something across the table or light a fire or someshit. I would have to make a song-spell to do it. Does that make sense?"
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"Look at you, Webster. Staying New York fancy in bumfuck nowhere."
She shrugs. "I mean, depends on what I want it to do, really? God how do I even like... explain this shit. The Gift, it's just the power to make things happen, I guess? Sort of? It's the ability to cast spells. And your ritual, that's how you use the Gift, the way you kind of tap into that ability. Rituals are..."
She frowns, staring into space. "Like... okay."
Athena sits up, holding her hands out in front of her in a kind of woah, slow down motion that's definitely not directed at Malcolm. "Let me try this again. The Gift is just power. Either you have the Gift or you don't. The ritual is how you access it. That's the interesting part. The Gift kind of... attaches itself, I guess? To the things you're good at, the things you care about. Like, I love music. I always have. I can only tap into the Gift using music. Like, say, I want to move something across the table or light a fire or someshit. I would have to make a song-spell to do it. Does that make sense?"