[ Quiet, though no less direct for it. Not that she really needs the confirmation; it's obvious that she's got it. ]
Some believe that using the Dark Arts corrupts you — chips away at your soul. [ His own reservations are there, at the forefront of his mind and in his neutral tone. He's seen the consequences of it, how the abuse of magic can turn someone from a man into a monster (a word that touches on something else altogether, bitter and quickly cut off).
There's merit to it. But if it hadn't been magic, it would've been something else. Blaming the Dark Arts just feels strangely cheap. ]
Is it the same for your Sith?
[ She's still studying her hands when he asks, and using a word she hasn't actually spoken feels rudely abrupt. It's practice, testing boundaries when the goalposts for privacy have been very dramatically moved. ]
no subject
[ Quiet, though no less direct for it. Not that she really needs the confirmation; it's obvious that she's got it. ]
Some believe that using the Dark Arts corrupts you — chips away at your soul. [ His own reservations are there, at the forefront of his mind and in his neutral tone. He's seen the consequences of it, how the abuse of magic can turn someone from a man into a monster (a word that touches on something else altogether, bitter and quickly cut off).
There's merit to it. But if it hadn't been magic, it would've been something else. Blaming the Dark Arts just feels strangely cheap. ]
Is it the same for your Sith?
[ She's still studying her hands when he asks, and using a word she hasn't actually spoken feels rudely abrupt. It's practice, testing boundaries when the goalposts for privacy have been very dramatically moved. ]