"Really? Are you serious? You better be sure before you offer to do that for me because there's..."
And Reynir blows out a breath, puffing his cheeks out, a nonverbal indication of being completely lost when it comes to a lot of stuff. He has learned a great deal since he came here, but he mostly only asks questions about things that are absolutely necessary to understand what the other person is talking about. Which means that a lot of little details slip through the cracks. He has an unofficial running list in the back of his mind of stuff he's just never heard of before but doesn't know where to look up.
Then Cho goes ahead and demonstrates her willingness by taking him through the rabbits and hats quandary, bit by bit. Her explanation is thorough - maybe overly so, but he can understand why. She doesn't know what he'll be familiar with and what he won't. Reynir listens, only half paying attention to where they're actually walking, trying to visualize the trick in his mind. It sounds... honestly, weird, and not very entertaining. Just... pulling animals out of garments? What's the point? What does it accomplish?
But he gets at least the fundamental conceit:
"So the idea is the magician can't do any magic but is pretending to be able to create a rabbit from nothing, but it's all a trick... the rabbit isn't needed for anything, the point is just to be flashy, and... lie?"
Showmanship and illusions and tricks and pranks and deception aren't unfamiliar to Reynir, he's just never heard of this particular configuration before.
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And Reynir blows out a breath, puffing his cheeks out, a nonverbal indication of being completely lost when it comes to a lot of stuff. He has learned a great deal since he came here, but he mostly only asks questions about things that are absolutely necessary to understand what the other person is talking about. Which means that a lot of little details slip through the cracks. He has an unofficial running list in the back of his mind of stuff he's just never heard of before but doesn't know where to look up.
Then Cho goes ahead and demonstrates her willingness by taking him through the rabbits and hats quandary, bit by bit. Her explanation is thorough - maybe overly so, but he can understand why. She doesn't know what he'll be familiar with and what he won't. Reynir listens, only half paying attention to where they're actually walking, trying to visualize the trick in his mind. It sounds... honestly, weird, and not very entertaining. Just... pulling animals out of garments? What's the point? What does it accomplish?
But he gets at least the fundamental conceit:
"So the idea is the magician can't do any magic but is pretending to be able to create a rabbit from nothing, but it's all a trick... the rabbit isn't needed for anything, the point is just to be flashy, and... lie?"
Showmanship and illusions and tricks and pranks and deception aren't unfamiliar to Reynir, he's just never heard of this particular configuration before.