[b][color=#CE2B95]"Gallus Domesticus...,"[/color][/b] Yue mouthed the words for a moment before leveling a flat mouthed glare at the kitchen. Chicken. They were chicken eggs. She weathered Zolya's undisguised amusement at her predicament with a sour expression. It was clear she didn't really care for being at the bottom of the skill-cap again, mainly due to the anxiety that this new art would interfere her existing abilities. That... and that it would be another six years before she was a useful and productive member of the Templar again.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Oh, lots of things that I touch... [i]sing,[/i]"[/color][/b] she explained, addressing Zolya's concern about the unusual noise and trying to brush past the anxiety. [b][color=#CE2B95]"The armor hums, or sometimes growls. The sword Forgemaster gave me makes a sound kind of like a crystal wine glass. The greatsword I fell down here with makes like... a metallic tenor, and my hammer has a bass vibrato. Some of my other gadgets make little songs too but they're usually so quiet that its hard to hear them. What is [i]Sword Song[/i] anyway?"[/color][/b] She called into the kitchen.

Archer laughed. Yue frowned. He was probably flirting with Raudd. Something about Greek Pantheon fingers being monster meat?

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Archer!!"[/color][/b]

[b][color=#c45302]"Oh, right,"[/color][/b] he grinned, twirling a knife in one hand before finishing with the potatoes and rummaging around noisily for a grater. [b][color=#c45302]"You learned about [i]Affinity[/i] right?"[/color][/b]

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Yeah?"[/color][/b]

[b][color=#c45302]"[i]Sword Song[/i] is a kind of extreme affinity for Fortification magic. When affinities go into the extremes, all kinds of weird shit can happen,"[/color][/b] he explained. Yue grumbled, apparently unsatisfied with his answer.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Why does it make things-,"[/color][/b] Yue flipped the medallion into the air, taking a breath and intentionally flooding her body with energy as she caught it. The medallion chimed painfully loud, reverberating off the manor windows for a second. The barrier crackled and sparked as it reformed.

[b][color=#c45302]"That's called [i]Mana Acoustic Resonance[/i], its happening all the time all around us, usually at a volume and frequency that's outside the human hearing range,"[/color][/b] he answered, seemingly unbothered. [b][color=#c45302]"You learn about [i]Domains[/i] yet?"[/color][/b]

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Areas of elevated Aether... uh, Mana. Domains that lean towards a particular element or school are called [i]Aspected Domains[/i]."[/color][/b]

[b][color=#c45302]"I hear the discontent in your voice hon but... you've been a mage for all of a few hours and you're picking this all up [i]very[/i] quickly, it's mildly terrifying,"[/color][/b] he chuckled, over the effort of grating an onion. [b][color=#c45302]"Sword Song is an affinity so extreme that you're constantly creating a Fortification Domain. I don't know [i]all[/i] particulars (that's a question for your mom) but as I understand it, your Domain magnifies the physical [i]and[/i] magical properties of the things it infuses. Acoustic Resonance is a magical property, hence the [i]singing[/i],"[/color][/b] he answered.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"So... the 'Song' part of Sword Song is what... a happy accident?"[/color][/b]

[b][color=#c45302]"I mean... kinda? There's more to it that I don't really understand: Mana Acoustic Resonance isn't my area of study. I bet Hestia or Hecate might have some interesting insights into it though,"[/color][/b] he mused, finishing up with the grating and looking for something else to help with.

[b][color=#CE2B95]"Hmm,"[/color][/b] Yue grunted, staring at the medallion lost in thought.