"If you could just" what? Have more power? Get stronger? Be more focused?
[He looks at her now with the same kind of strangely intense face, one that most thirteen year old boys shouldn't even know how to make. Less determined and more--understanding and exasperated about the state of things.]
It isn't about how much you can do. [This sounds genuine, like he believes it, but also as if he's getting this from somewhere else. As if he's been told this by someone else; the depth is very Damian, but the empathy of it isn't something he's seen sharing so freely.] It's about what you do with what you have.
So what have you done so far? You've shown me your horse spell, for one.
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[He looks at her now with the same kind of strangely intense face, one that most thirteen year old boys shouldn't even know how to make. Less determined and more--understanding and exasperated about the state of things.]
It isn't about how much you can do. [This sounds genuine, like he believes it, but also as if he's getting this from somewhere else. As if he's been told this by someone else; the depth is very Damian, but the empathy of it isn't something he's seen sharing so freely.] It's about what you do with what you have.
So what have you done so far? You've shown me your horse spell, for one.