He doesn't mean for the lean in to be uncomfortable for her, because this is a slow game for him. He has time, if he's careful, which means he doesn't want or need to push too hard with her. So when he sees even a flicker of her being uncomfortable, he'll lean back a little to give her some breathing room. And there's even an apologetic smile to her for overstepping a little, sheepish in an attempt to show he hadn't meant anything by it.
That maybe he was just over enthusiastic to talk to her about this too. Because even with as large of a magic community as there was, it was hard to find people to really discuss it with. So when you found one, well you had to hold onto them right? That's the energy he offers at least, that he was just happy to talk to someone about magic, to find that she wasn't just a shop pretending to know how and what to do to sell things.
"I'll definitely note that for shape shifting." His head tilts curiously after a moment though, "Sounds like that one you may know from experience." Because to be that specific about not trying it until you know how to spell yourself back, well, it means there's potentially a story there right?
Some men might use what she's interested in as a come on, but he really did mean magic wise. Because well, how else do you ask that question without it sounding intimate or like he was meaning something else? Some things just lend themselves to being a double entendre even by accident. Not that he wouldn't have used it if she were interested, but he also knows when to move back a little and give her space. "There's something to nature spells, feeling the earth and talking to it." Yes, it sounds like he's done some before, but well short of spells that need direct sunlight, he's dabbled in most just because he has the time and can. Though aura reading was interesting too, and he was curious to see if he could skirt that.
His head dips a little and he smiles. "Anything in magic is adventurous, because you're opening yourself up to the universe."
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That maybe he was just over enthusiastic to talk to her about this too. Because even with as large of a magic community as there was, it was hard to find people to really discuss it with. So when you found one, well you had to hold onto them right? That's the energy he offers at least, that he was just happy to talk to someone about magic, to find that she wasn't just a shop pretending to know how and what to do to sell things.
"I'll definitely note that for shape shifting." His head tilts curiously after a moment though, "Sounds like that one you may know from experience." Because to be that specific about not trying it until you know how to spell yourself back, well, it means there's potentially a story there right?
Some men might use what she's interested in as a come on, but he really did mean magic wise. Because well, how else do you ask that question without it sounding intimate or like he was meaning something else? Some things just lend themselves to being a double entendre even by accident. Not that he wouldn't have used it if she were interested, but he also knows when to move back a little and give her space. "There's something to nature spells, feeling the earth and talking to it." Yes, it sounds like he's done some before, but well short of spells that need direct sunlight, he's dabbled in most just because he has the time and can. Though aura reading was interesting too, and he was curious to see if he could skirt that.
His head dips a little and he smiles. "Anything in magic is adventurous, because you're opening yourself up to the universe."