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Max grimaced distastefully as his light was immediately overshadowed by Joey's magic. The feeling unnerved him; it was too comforting, made him want to drop his guard. He wanted to pull away, but he dutifully kept his hands rooted on the crystal during the TA's explanation. 

[color=fff200]“That’s… intense. Okay well, I think I see your issue mostly. Definitely not a primary element so if you’re trying to get emotional as a way of working it, your affinity will fight you. No that’s not quite right either.”[/color]

Not a primary element? There goes his earth magic theory, although that would explain his inability to do any magic before now without a catalyst. That also meant extra work for potentially less payoff. A particularly niche affinity wouldn't lend itself well to the type of grandiose shock and awe he was envisioning when he learned he had the ability to warp reality by sheer will alone. 

[color=fff200]“I think the easiest way to explain it is your magic is like a crotchety old man. It’s very set in its ways. It’s stubborn and prideful and it doesn’t want to do something it thinks is a waste of time. You’ll have to make the activity worth its while or trick your magic into thinking it wants to move. Your magic is comfortable and stubborn; it doesn’t want to leave where its been for so long.” [/color]

Did he and his magic share the same ideas on what constituted a waste of time? Because if they did, he'd never get this asinine exercise down. Hopefully his magic at least hated vampires bothering him or this was definitely not going to work. Max took his hands off the crystal and stared at his hands like a generic shounen protagonist. This was starting to get annoying. Even his own magic didn't listen to him. 

[color=8585AD][i]Listen here, you old fuck, there is no higher pursuit than self-improvement. I get stronger, you get stronger, everybody wins. All you have to do is make the damn rock light up.[/i][/color]

Why was he personifying his magic? It couldn't hear him. Could it? No, that would be stupid. He needed a new plan. The TA's suggestion of sharing with his partner was woefully stupid, of course. Clearly neither of them knew what they were doing, and talking about his feelings or whatever this jackass wanted them to do sounded lke a worse fate than spending a year to learn his affinity. 

[color=8585AD]"Can you at least give me a rough estimate on what my affinity [i]is[/i]? It's a lot easier to work with something if I have the properties down, and I don't see how playing psychoanalyst will help with that."[/color] He questioned tersely, cocking his head up to give Joey a blank, lidded stare.

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