I’m not officially in the position until someone starts paying me.
[It doesn’t mean much when he’s simultaneously volunteering work, but Elias thinks it’s important to state his boundaries. Even if they amount to “I don’t know what they are yet but I know I have some”.]
It's better to keep my options open at the moment. Here’s a book on the weather- [he adds, picking up a book titled THE MYSTICAL SYMBOLISM OF CLOUDS and holding it out to the other man.] -not too sure about magical textbooks, there are ones that mention magic somewhere around.
[He definitely takes notice that this person is interested in applied magic. It’s interesting, because Elias himself is also a practitioner, but he decides that for now he’s going to Enforce Healthy Work-Life Boundaries and not offer himself as a source of knowledge just because someone asked. He specialises more in the theory side, anyway.]
Yes, I have a name. Is that unusual where you come from?
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[It doesn’t mean much when he’s simultaneously volunteering work, but Elias thinks it’s important to state his boundaries. Even if they amount to “I don’t know what they are yet but I know I have some”.]
It's better to keep my options open at the moment. Here’s a book on the weather- [he adds, picking up a book titled THE MYSTICAL SYMBOLISM OF CLOUDS and holding it out to the other man.] -not too sure about magical textbooks, there are ones that mention magic somewhere around.
[He definitely takes notice that this person is interested in applied magic. It’s interesting, because Elias himself is also a practitioner, but he decides that for now he’s going to Enforce Healthy Work-Life Boundaries and not offer himself as a source of knowledge just because someone asked. He specialises more in the theory side, anyway.]
Yes, I have a name. Is that unusual where you come from?