The Sewn Tongue is useful. It is a precise sort of stitching that prevents the speaker from using particular words, or spilling secrets. There are a whole number of ones that are only meant to be embarrassing or painful. The Agony of the Osseum Serum is one such example. It just makes your bones slowly and painfully liquify. Blood curses are always in fashion, but I don't care for them - it's too easy to get some of the caster's blood and undo all the effort.
All of these are just - rote memorizations of techniques that are effective, rather than an understanding of the principles behind them. If you understand the principles well enough, you don't need to memorize how to do any of this.
You'll have to teach me some! I love parlour tricks. Can't say I'd do very will with principles though, not really my style. I'll just leave that to you.
Bone Hurting Potion. [She rolls her eyes. But fine.] I'll write you down the instructions.
[Grabbing a piece of paper and writing in a messy cursive. It's like a basic recipe, but in the middle it has an instruction 'if he asks you to read this for you, don't do it.']
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[But parlour tricks specifically. . .]
The Sewn Tongue is useful. It is a precise sort of stitching that prevents the speaker from using particular words, or spilling secrets. There are a whole number of ones that are only meant to be embarrassing or painful. The Agony of the Osseum Serum is one such example. It just makes your bones slowly and painfully liquify. Blood curses are always in fashion, but I don't care for them - it's too easy to get some of the caster's blood and undo all the effort.
All of these are just - rote memorizations of techniques that are effective, rather than an understanding of the principles behind them. If you understand the principles well enough, you don't need to memorize how to do any of this.
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I just want to learn how to make the . . . what was it. Bone Hurting Potion?
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[Grabbing a piece of paper and writing in a messy cursive. It's like a basic recipe, but in the middle it has an instruction 'if he asks you to read this for you, don't do it.']