"Oh! Okay. I... will keep that in mind!"

Wow, she really doesn't know this girl.

... still, there's no harm in sticking around to try and learn her. 

"Thanks, Sin," she replies with a warm smile.

The terrain gradually gets rockier and less wooded as they keep walking.

"Looks like there might be a decent place to practice fairly soon."

"It does," she agrees. "So, favorite color, if it's not obviously purple?"

"It is obviously purple. But silver is nice too."

She grins. "Silver is Hailey's second-favorite, after green. Mine is obviously purple as well."

It's nice to learn something more about her, even if it is pretty trivial.

"Cool." What do you even say to someone who lives in someone else's head?

"What inspired you to want to be a mage?"

"I mean." She kindles a Flare in one hand, holding it in place with its Held Spell node. "What's the point of living in a fantasy world if you don't get to have fun with it?"

She holds up her saber, which is briefly wreathed in a dark aura. "Mood," she replies with a laugh.

She looks around for a nice patch of rocks - it's getting barren enough, now - and lets the spell dart out and splash across them harmlessly.

It splashes across the rocks and stays put, a patch of rocky land about two meters across burning steadily.

"Oh that looks awesome." She darts into the flames for a moment and back out. "And my resistance seems to handle it well enough."

"Let me try."

Hyacinth walks out into the burning patch of ground, very prepared to turn right around if necessary.

She isn't burned! It stings a bit, but not in a way that's building up any, and oddly has a sort of cozy vibe.

"I can staaaaaaand in it," she sing-songs. "It stings a little, but not unpleasantly."

Stings, but not unpleasantly?

Oh my.

"Hell yes."

"I'm used to this level of pain from Realms of Dragons," she chirps, stepping out of the fire. "It adds a bit of spice. Nothing like that bite that happened earlier."

"Not gonna lie, calling the sting spice inspires Thoughts, but I probably should do more than just flirt."

She charges up a shadow cutter on her saber, then cuts the top off a large rock. It doesn't go quickly, but the blade slices smoothly through the stone, leaving her a chunk of rock in her hand. She starts carving it.

"Hmm? What are you making?"

She grins warmly at Sin. "Challenging my art skills a bit. Maybe make something pretty. Start with something easy, then something a little more worthy of showing off, while figuring out how smoothly this thing can cut.."

She cuts it in half, and gradually carves a heart.

... Awwwwwwwww. 

Okay, this girl might be strange but she thinks her heart is in the right place. 

She is content to watch.

Okay, that worked well, it's smooth but not fast. She tosses the heart-shaped rock to Sin. With the other half she starts working on something more delicate. "I don't want to stop you from practicing, but also I don't mind if you wanna watch."