[This was already weird--her talking to him without outright calling him or his ideas stupid, or just ending the conversation as quickly as possible.
Now she's like.... workshopping his spell rather than shutting him down. He doesn't know how to respond. Frankly, he's--a little angry? But also bewildered about it. Why doesn't she just tell him the spell is worthless, then? That's the message, right?]
....and there's no point to keeping me alive.
[Not that he wouldn't find uses for that himself, but it's not what Lambert wanted, and therefore, the spell is useless.
A spell he's wasted weeks on, weeks Lambert has waited for his worthless, inadequate--
...
Wait.]
...by my level, do you mean a human level or simply a worthless one?
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Now she's like.... workshopping his spell rather than shutting him down. He doesn't know how to respond. Frankly, he's--a little angry? But also bewildered about it. Why doesn't she just tell him the spell is worthless, then? That's the message, right?]
....and there's no point to keeping me alive.
[Not that he wouldn't find uses for that himself, but it's not what Lambert wanted, and therefore, the spell is useless.
A spell he's wasted weeks on, weeks Lambert has waited for his worthless, inadequate--
...
Wait.]
...by my level, do you mean a human level or simply a worthless one?