“Not entirely unheard of… But when it comes to the grail war, partnerships are always temporary if both mages are competing.” There would always come a point that they would have to end the teamwork and face each other… partnerships between mages where one was competing, and the other was not was another matter, of course… But they still could go south as well, if there was a disagreement or something changed. People were, after all, people. Prone to disagreements and petty disputes, even between those they saw as allies. The question gets a nod of confirmation. “There was a case I was called in on that became rather over-complicated after one mage who had been outbid for a relic decided to launch an all out attack on the mage and his workshop to take it by force. I was there to deal with a murder and to clear someone’s name, but then all hell broke loose.”
To be fair, Reines had asked him to look into the situation from the clock tower for her while she was stuck at Iselma. He was the one who made the trip with his students and inserted himself directly into the situation with the intent of helping clear her name. She had been quite annoyed at first, but she was his sister. Related by blood or not… And he wasn’t about to let her be framed for murder.
Adapting was something that not all mages could do, Waver had gotten rather good at it purely out of a desperate attempt to survive absurd situations time and time again… But a lot of mages were rather full of themselves and overconfident in their reputation and abilities. Adapting was not something easily done for some, which was how many came to meet their end.
“Exactly, so while it seems a potentially pointless struggle? It’s hard to not try at all.” He responded, shaking his head. Her question gets a thoughtful pause, though. Chatting with Mitsuru like this, her maturity and way of looking at things, honestly made it easy to forget she wasn’t a mage herself. “In mage society, unfortunately, it is often thought that things like kindness, compassion, and forming attachments are a sign of weakness. One must be able to turn off their emotions at times and make potentially difficult, if not terrible, decisions for their family magecraft in pursuit of the root of all magic. Those who can’t do that aren’t expected to make it far as a mage, at least based on the majority of mage society.”
And Waver, for all that he tried to fit the image, was one such mage that was unable to do it. He cared about the lives of others, down to the smallest creature at times. He could be emotional, and awkward, and terribly foolish and form attachments where they were often seen as unnecessary. Even encouraging friendship and attachments between his students who clearly needed them… But one could also point out that it was probably part of why his class was so loyal to him, compared to students in other classes.
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To be fair, Reines had asked him to look into the situation from the clock tower for her while she was stuck at Iselma. He was the one who made the trip with his students and inserted himself directly into the situation with the intent of helping clear her name. She had been quite annoyed at first, but she was his sister. Related by blood or not… And he wasn’t about to let her be framed for murder.
Adapting was something that not all mages could do, Waver had gotten rather good at it purely out of a desperate attempt to survive absurd situations time and time again… But a lot of mages were rather full of themselves and overconfident in their reputation and abilities. Adapting was not something easily done for some, which was how many came to meet their end.
“Exactly, so while it seems a potentially pointless struggle? It’s hard to not try at all.” He responded, shaking his head. Her question gets a thoughtful pause, though. Chatting with Mitsuru like this, her maturity and way of looking at things, honestly made it easy to forget she wasn’t a mage herself. “In mage society, unfortunately, it is often thought that things like kindness, compassion, and forming attachments are a sign of weakness. One must be able to turn off their emotions at times and make potentially difficult, if not terrible, decisions for their family magecraft in pursuit of the root of all magic. Those who can’t do that aren’t expected to make it far as a mage, at least based on the majority of mage society.”
And Waver, for all that he tried to fit the image, was one such mage that was unable to do it. He cared about the lives of others, down to the smallest creature at times. He could be emotional, and awkward, and terribly foolish and form attachments where they were often seen as unnecessary. Even encouraging friendship and attachments between his students who clearly needed them… But one could also point out that it was probably part of why his class was so loyal to him, compared to students in other classes.