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[markofthebrave]

[Voice]
Hey, Hugo - if you have a chance, I'd like to talk to you about something.

[And then she shuts the book and moves to her evening practice session behind her house. Today is not about how much water she can move, but it is about control. When the wind blows her journal opened, anyone watching can see thin streams of water moving quick enough to cut intertwining with her arms and legs as she works through a form. The pattern of when she splits a stream, and when she adds more water seems random... until you glance above her head. Any time her concentration is broken by a flash of an image, she adds another and another until all the thought bubble reflects are the forms

If you want to interrupt her, give her a minute - messing up and slicing herself with one of those water streams would be painful. While she normally hates to have her practicing interrupted, tonight it's not quite keeping her mind off of things.]

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[likeafirework.livejournal.com]

[He's blinking at her, nonplussed, while these thoughts are nicely and prominently displayed.]

We call it kidou. There's three types: defensive or binding, offensive, and healing. Few shinigami are proficient in all three types.

[markofthebrave]

[She nods.] That makes sense. From what I've been able to learn, the different kinds of magic can be very complicated. It would almost be like trying to master another form of bending.

Can you fly with those wings?

[likeafirework.livejournal.com]

A few shinigami are well-versed in all the types of kidou.



[Pause. Damn bubble. And if there's a hard edge to his voice, he's ignoring it.] Not here in Luceti. Some of my power's been capped; I haven't been able to do that with Hyourinmaru since I've come here.

[markofthebrave]

[Katara nods. She couldn't help but see his thoughts... but she's not going to ask about them. They were private and obviously painful - although she's not exactly sure what they reflect. But she chooses to discard them and focus on what she can judge for herself - thoughts did not always accurately reflect a situation. Her voice is rather deliberately steady.]

All of our powers are capped here. There are even places here where you can go that eliminate your powers completely.