Holland, too, can still feel the presence of his magic. He can see it in his reflection he'd caught back in the train, and the return of his black eye. He has some... minor confusion about why he has his magic once more, but that's largely outweighed by the bigger confusion of why it seems to be blocked here.
"Holland," he replies, and if he sounds blank and unfriendly then at least he's being marginally less blank and unfriendly than usual. "When I was new to magic, it sometimes took me a few minutes to be able to grasp it again after traveling between worlds. That's another option. We might be blocked because of the physiological shock of travel we weren't prepared for."
He pauses, scowling.
"Or we're being deliberately blocked by a malevolent technology. I prefer the first option, but I'm willing to deal with the second."
He hasn't tried walking between worlds, yet, largely because he has a sense it won't work. Later, he might dig out his White London token and give it a try.
"I've never heard of a technology that could block magic like this, though," he admits. "I know of small things -- objects that can block it when they're touching the user -- but nothing that could suppress it over such a wide area."
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"Holland," he replies, and if he sounds blank and unfriendly then at least he's being marginally less blank and unfriendly than usual. "When I was new to magic, it sometimes took me a few minutes to be able to grasp it again after traveling between worlds. That's another option. We might be blocked because of the physiological shock of travel we weren't prepared for."
He pauses, scowling.
"Or we're being deliberately blocked by a malevolent technology. I prefer the first option, but I'm willing to deal with the second."
He hasn't tried walking between worlds, yet, largely because he has a sense it won't work. Later, he might dig out his White London token and give it a try.
"I've never heard of a technology that could block magic like this, though," he admits. "I know of small things -- objects that can block it when they're touching the user -- but nothing that could suppress it over such a wide area."