Dorian's concerns and Hermione's all too obvious irritation both go ignored.
"Hermione is correct." Leave this to me. Trust me. "Focusing on such miserable thoughts won't do you any good at all. You must instead focus on the here and now, the presence of the present. You, yourself, and the world around you, and what you treasure within it, in order to draw upon magic of that caliber."
He speaks as though he knows the spell personally; in a way, he does, as a being of magic and thus naturally attuned to all aspects of it. Just as Dorian reaches for Hermione with one hand, Gilgamesh reaches for the other. Squeezes around his fingers, but again, he glances at Hermione. He's looking only at her now.
"You have a very fine protector," Gilgamesh admits, and thus unveils his trump card: some buried sense of politeness and decency. "Allow me to instruct him further. I believe he can succeed at this with an extra push."
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"Hermione is correct." Leave this to me. Trust me. "Focusing on such miserable thoughts won't do you any good at all. You must instead focus on the here and now, the presence of the present. You, yourself, and the world around you, and what you treasure within it, in order to draw upon magic of that caliber."
He speaks as though he knows the spell personally; in a way, he does, as a being of magic and thus naturally attuned to all aspects of it. Just as Dorian reaches for Hermione with one hand, Gilgamesh reaches for the other. Squeezes around his fingers, but again, he glances at Hermione. He's looking only at her now.
"You have a very fine protector," Gilgamesh admits, and thus unveils his trump card: some buried sense of politeness and decency. "Allow me to instruct him further. I believe he can succeed at this with an extra push."