[center][color=#008b8b][h2]Fionn MacKerracher[/h2][/color][/center]
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[color=#008b8b]"Not that dissimilar from what I already do, then. Exhaustion is the best I can expect if I overwork out on the training field, but I could always do something really bad and tear a muscle or tendon and put myself completely out of use."[/color] He wouldn't dismiss the warning entirely, but it wasn't entirely necessary either. Overworking anything was a fast way to get an [i]injury,[/i] not just make yourself tired. [color=#008b8b]"Even heard tell once of a man who strained so hard trying to lift something he burst a blood vessel in his head. Not that they realized at the time, of course, but apparently when they asked a healer to take a look and figure out what did him in, they caught on right quick soon as they described the symptoms. Punched a hole through his skull with an awl to make sure and it just gushed out like a spring."[/color]

Utterly unperturbed by the story he was telling, he took another bite of his cake. [color=#008b8b]"Not that it's the same, but that sure sounds a lot like that overworking too hard and too long to the point of causing an untimely demise to me. Trying to push yourself too hard, or dive in unprepared, especially when you're working on something entirely [i]new[/i] to you, is one of the biggest mistakes you can make. I'm not about to try and start blasting energy out of my sword or knocking people's blades out of [i]their[/i] hands like I fling stones out in the yard. I want to keep myself fit, not [i]give[/i] myself [i]fits."[/i][/color] Sure, he might push his limits out on the practice field fairly often, but he had the experience to know what his limits were, and how far he could push them before he injured himself. When it came to figuring out magic, he had absolutely no clue what his limits were, and until he could develop a feel for [i]that,[/i] he wasn't about to go pushing as hard as possible.

[color=#008b8b]"Start small, gradually work up to the maximum of what I've got the potential to handle, and always stay mindful. For [i]that,[/i] as interesting as Sir Parvan's writings might be, I should probably find something that's actually meant for the beginners, wouldn't you agree?"[/color]