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"Right", Adrien said. "Okay, so, now I know the ingredients... It's water, coffee, and light. It's... hardly a wine, though", he said, raising one eyebrow. "It's going to be more like watered down coffee...".

Val giggled, one finger against his nose. "The inventor of this recipe liked the alliteration", he said with a silly smile. "Word magic sorcerers...".

Adrien laughed as well. "Well, alright", he said. "Though, I still don't know what happens now. How do I put the ingredients together?"

"This is where other theoretical knowledge comes into play", Val replied. "The techniques used to mix and process ingredients all have their own symbolic meanings, and, once again, it will be up to you to choose which makes most sense to you".

"This seems very complicated", Adrien said between gritted teeth.

"Don't worry", Val smiled. "You'll learn recipe by recipe. Besides, as I said earlier, sometimes things are simple. Look at the first line again: the water should be what cleanses you from sleep. So, it should be just like what you would use when you wake up in the morning".

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Posted on December 8th 2021.

The Gifts of Darkness - Chapter 15 - Page 18

Is this the first outright mention of word magic in the comic? Either case, there is more than one way to approach magic, and Val's shape magic is only one of them. Word magic includes things like spellwords, chanting, that kind of stuff. But Val is not really interested in that, so he doesn't practice it, so he doesn't teach it.

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