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[draculabutbackwards]

[Oh, good, definitely want to encourage this.]

One method among many at home, yes. To shamelessly lift from Sypha, magic in its fundamental form is just intent. Ritual language, ingredients, and sigils are just ways to manage that.

[badbutsad]

There aren't many spells circles that require ingredients, largely that's more reserved for the Potions coven, stuff where they have to actually make things. I'm- not actually familiar with other languages, but there's supposed to be some kinds of glyphic language from the Savage Ages, I've read a little about wild magic that could--

[But his eyes suddenly widen, and he glances briefly up at Adrian like he's done something wrong before he looks away quickly, and that energy is locked back down.]

-- um-- never mind...

[draculabutbackwards]

[He's improved his technique at this point. Can't come at Hunter directly. Can't even make emotional appeals. But.]

You can't go neglecting the value of responsible scholarship. Ask Belmont about his family library sometime. Tomes and tomes of horrors, some that would be devastating in the wrong hands. But if the right people can't access it when needed, things get worse, not better.

[A little slimy. But. Baby steps, here.]

[badbutsad]

Who decides who the right people are? [It's almost accusatory.] If something has been outlawed then there's nothing to be gained from studying it. There's nothing responsible in actively seeking out information that could hurt people if it goes wild.

[draculabutbackwards]

Only in a scenario where you can rely on that information staying lost. And when magic is involved, and multiple worlds?

[He doesn't think anything Hunter's mentioned maps to what he knows of, say, hell, but they're all subject to the barge and its travels, so he doesn't need to reach too far.]

That's more or less a guarantee it won't.