Lights in the Darkness [Complete]

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Character(s): Neirenn and Yorda
Content: Yorda's wandering around the city and happens upon a certain mage.
Setting: The city of Paixao, on the streets.
Time: Afternoon
Warnings: Other than possibly gratuitous amounts of Yorda's curiosity, none.

She had never been afraid of the dark. It simply wasn't in her nature, and although she would have had a hard time, if not for the glow that still filled her entire being - but something was wrong. She did not glow as brightly as she usually did, though her light was enough to see by, and she was having no trouble finding her way around the city. She couldn't manage to make her journal work, try as she might, and frowned.

She hoped everyone else in the city was alright.

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"Well... in my world, at least, dark magic is fueled by dark spirits," said Neirenn. "A lot of times, people who try to use dark magic end up being corrupted by them and turning bad... but that doesn't mean you," she said, realizing that she might have hurt Yorda's feelings. The girl had called herself a shadow, after all. "Darkness isn't inherently evil. It's what you do with it that matters, like any magic." Certainly that was what Neirenn believed herself, even with knowing what it felt like to use dark magic. You just had to be strong enough and smart enough.

She nodded vaguely to Yorda's explanation of what had happened to the island. "I've never heard of anything like that, either," she said. "It was completely dependent on her?"