"...You never quite get used to it, only better at ignoring it," Jean answers after a moment. "It, haha, is and isn't like becoming another person? Their training fills me, their nature layers into mine, and by that nature there are changes. But how much of that is power and technique, and how much is influence? How much is the snapshot of a life? Can I even answer that after years of training to resist ontological attacks? I try to treat Pages as tools, and I suspect this is...a crime. But what else can I do?"
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Date: 2024-10-21 01:22 pm (UTC)