Lolo watched her at her work and observed her growing frustration. He thought back to his own time teaching himself on the trade routes of rural Thanalan. Long and hot days filled with sand and wind, how he used to study and practice to wile away the time. All his real and measurable improvement had come in his short time with the guild, but he had started teaching himself a long time before and, up to a certain level, his skills felt worn-in and natural. He couldn't even recall the first time he felt the pull of his own aether. His own development had been so hard-earned and gradual that no first successful incidence of Ruin came to mind. Rather he recalled a chain of bolts over time, gradually becoming more fully-formed, quicker, brighter, more powerful.
He sat down next to her. She was clearly anxious and he didn't want to add pressure by towering imposingly over her (insofar as a lalafell can tower).
"How. . .long does't . . .take. . .usually?" he heard her say.
When he had first given her the assignment, a large part of him had wanted her to be intimidated and to scurry off and leave him alone. Sitting there with her in that moment of frustrated impotence, he commiserated and wanted only for her to feel reassured, to not give up on learning.
"It depends on the individual. It took me quite a long time, as a matter of fact," he added. "Much longer than if I had had a teacher." He smiled comfortingly.
He sat down next to her. She was clearly anxious and he didn't want to add pressure by towering imposingly over her (insofar as a lalafell can tower).
"How. . .long does't . . .take. . .usually?" he heard her say.
When he had first given her the assignment, a large part of him had wanted her to be intimidated and to scurry off and leave him alone. Sitting there with her in that moment of frustrated impotence, he commiserated and wanted only for her to feel reassured, to not give up on learning.
"It depends on the individual. It took me quite a long time, as a matter of fact," he added. "Much longer than if I had had a teacher." He smiled comfortingly.
