[ His sense of astonished triumph—he has done magic!—is so short lived. Maybe it's because there's nothing like this where he's from, but he's been thinking that once he gets it, it'll come easily. Because it's magic. And magic ought to be the opposite of hard. ]
Without failures? [ He waves the hand he'd been using to try to draw the symbols. ] You mean it's going to be this hard every time? [ Under his breath, he mutters; ] Holy shit.
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Without failures? [ He waves the hand he'd been using to try to draw the symbols. ] You mean it's going to be this hard every time? [ Under his breath, he mutters; ] Holy shit.
[ So much for magic being easy. ]
How many times did it take for you to get this?