"You won't be waiting too long for that," Nita replies.
"Missions happen once a month, but it feels a lot more frequent than that."
As for the explanation... Nita's expression turns contemplative, until she eventually responds:
"See, that might be something we have in common - changing things just because they look 'wrong' from the outside isn't good practice, and the wizard who does that can be punished, even lose their wizardry altogether. But, for wizards, building a spell and having it take are two different things; if the conditions you build it around aren't met - say, an ethics constant - the spell won't run. Even just having a conversation in the Speech is a two-way street; for example,"
Nita gestures to the wall again,
"If I ask the train a question in the Speech, it has the choice to respond or not. I'm not obligated an answer from a thinking being, even when, supposedly, everything responds to the Speech."
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"Missions happen once a month, but it feels a lot more frequent than that."
As for the explanation... Nita's expression turns contemplative, until she eventually responds:
"See, that might be something we have in common - changing things just because they look 'wrong' from the outside isn't good practice, and the wizard who does that can be punished, even lose their wizardry altogether. But, for wizards, building a spell and having it take are two different things; if the conditions you build it around aren't met - say, an ethics constant - the spell won't run. Even just having a conversation in the Speech is a two-way street; for example,"
Nita gestures to the wall again,
"If I ask the train a question in the Speech, it has the choice to respond or not. I'm not obligated an answer from a thinking being, even when, supposedly, everything responds to the Speech."