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[originallutece]

Rosalind Lutece

Doctor of physics, professor at Recollé University.

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[originallutece]

Well. At least we know he had the ability too, then, and that if it was something important, he could likely get it out again, too. Or that he wasn't foolish enough to experiment with something large.

Perhaps thinking hard about the objects in question - Prompto's cap, maybe, given it's actually of importance, rather than aloe or pens, which are replaceable.

[daemonized]

[She says that as if he hasn't already been thinking rather hard on it. For days, even.]

Well, I've little choice left but to try. And try again.

I might ask someone else for their opinion, as well. There's a student of mine who possesses the ability to do something similar.

[originallutece]

Who?

[daemonized]

Dante Rantanen. I watched him summon a sword out of nothingness, once.

[originallutece]

At random?

[daemonized]

No, he meant to do it. To fend off a giant spider down in the subway. When we were all very small.

[originallutece]

For god's sake . . .

[Is that because he hadn't told her, or that there's been a boy who could summon a sword running around for three months without her knowledge?]

I should think it a very good idea to consult him, then. But in the meantime, if you do decide to experiment further, I'd like to be present while you do.

[daemonized]

[Sorry, Ros, maybe he should've mentioned that earlier.]

Interested in watching things disappear in a flash of light? It's not as exciting as you might think.

But I'll let you know. If I can figure out how to make this work properly, whatever /properly/ is, I'll even provide a show for you to gawk at.

[originallutece]

I'm not going to gawk, Ardyn.

[A beat, and then, more honestly:]

That being said: I look forward to see it, whether you know how you're doing it or not. What you're proposing is that you can send things into some kind of ether space, or alternate dimension, or something along those lines. You can't expect me not to be fascinated by something so intimately tied to my profession.

[daemonized]

From a scientific perspective, yes, I can understand how you would be intrigued. /I'm/ intrigued, and I'm little more than a layman.

But at least admit to one thing, Rosalind: You /would/ gawk. If even just a little.

[originallutece]

I would be interested. Did I gawk at your healing powers?

[daemonized]

You gawked a little.

[originallutece]

I was perfectly reasonable as I came over to experiment.

[daemonized]

I'm the one who saw your face as I healed you. Not the other way around.

[originallutece]

Oh, for heaven's sake. Fine. I was very interested, and that may have shown on my face.

[daemonized]

You were ogling. Or maybe you'd just prefer a plainer word: staring.

[Which are synonyms of... gawking.]

[originallutece]

Now you're simply making it sound like I was leering at you.

[daemonized]

No, leering has negative connotations. You were definitely gawking in a positive way.

[originallutece]

I would argue "ogling" also has negative connotations. I'll accept gawking.

[daemonized]

Very well, so then we've settled it. You were gawking. Agreed?

[originallutece]

Oh, all right. Though if you get smug over this I'm going to be annoyed.

[Except she's laughing, so what is the truth.]

[daemonized]

[If she's amused, then that's all that really matters in the end.]

Me? Smug? Never.