...okay so Katie's magic also runs somewhat on the power of imagination, actually! She's a fae in a world that firmly believes all fae died out centuries ago, if they ever existed in the first place, and the weight of that disbelief is why she has to protect herself inside a human shell. The more open to the idea of magic people are, the easier it becomes for her to practice magic at all, and the easier it is for her to recover from the strain of it. (In Folkmore, every day is like a three course buffet because /gestures at this weird and mostly magical population. At home? Not so much.) And imagination given physical form are what echoes are to Katie, so they line up a little bit! She might feel a hint of connection there because some of the concepts overlap and she'll be like "this magic feels like glamour's estranged cousin", so to speak.
Being able to hear a hint of the endless symphony sounds perfect, as are the water trickles around his feet. These might be the constant echoes, and then flashes of other things dependent on his emotional state: for example, if he flashes back (or is close to flashing back) to being tortured by those nobles, Katie might hear the sound of that wheel going around and their laughter/jeers. We can definitely play some of this by ear as their conversations go ahead from here! But this is a delicious smorgasbord and she will be quite alarmed on his behalf. Echoes, when left long enough, will either fade away or will become more and break away to become monsters in their own right, and one of her many roles as a fae is to try and ensure that doesn't happen. So he'll end up being someone she keeps an eye on from here on out o/
Ergo, if you ever want to plot something in the future, we can have fun with a lot of this <3 Thank you!
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Date: 2025-03-04 12:17 pm (UTC)Being able to hear a hint of the endless symphony sounds perfect, as are the water trickles around his feet. These might be the constant echoes, and then flashes of other things dependent on his emotional state: for example, if he flashes back (or is close to flashing back) to being tortured by those nobles, Katie might hear the sound of that wheel going around and their laughter/jeers. We can definitely play some of this by ear as their conversations go ahead from here! But this is a delicious smorgasbord and she will be quite alarmed on his behalf. Echoes, when left long enough, will either fade away or will become more and break away to become monsters in their own right, and one of her many roles as a fae is to try and ensure that doesn't happen. So he'll end up being someone she keeps an eye on from here on out o/
Ergo, if you ever want to plot something in the future, we can have fun with a lot of this <3 Thank you!