In a sense, yes. [ they seem fairly comfortable wandering where they're going, easily assuming akihiko will keep up. ] But not everyone can hear it or understand it. Most people can't even find it, actually. It took us a little time the first time.
It sounds like one of those things that once you get it, you don't ever forget it.
[He tries to think of anything he knows that might be a bit equivalent to this, but nothing comes to mind. Everything unusual he knows is hostile, not...magically protective like this forest]
[ well. they did not say the forest was always protective. but it currently is, and that's what matters. ]
Something like that. Some of us were able to communicate with it better than the rest of us, but that was because they had a deeper connection with it. But I don't think any of us minded.
[Well that's something a lot of S.E.E.S will find relatable, he thinks. Akihiko is on the side of the equation where he was part of something before someone else arrived, but he's perceptive enough to know how all the later members of S.E.E.S might have felt joining an already established group of friends.
While walking and trying to overcome what seemed like roots, Akihiko's hand goes through one of the trees, which he had intended to brace himself to pass over that. Ah, right, this is all an illusion. Everything had looked so peaceful and real it had been easy to forget it was all made of clouds. Really impressive crafting on Zuriel's part]
I know nothing about how magic forests work, but I imagine it wouldn't have allowed anyone to find it if it didn't want to.
[Or at least he's pretty sure that's how it works in stories and the such. He can't say he knows even this much, not being someone to have as much leisure to explore fiction as others]
[ they're watching him, as if to make sure that he's alright and also that he isn't going to do anything disrespectful to the trees themselves. ]
It had its own defenses. And one of our own was its maker, and another acted as its hands and eyes. We did everything to stabilize it from the evil trying to use its magic. But we had to build a relationship with it for it to trust us.
It's...a little hard to understand what that's like. I can't think of anything even remotely similar to your protective forest friend.
[Having to stabilizer a forest, gain its trust, protect it from evil who probably have their own magic and what not...Akihiko's life Akihiko's life is anything but mundane, yet right now he's feeling as puzzled as anyone average hearing about his adventures would feel.
But he's enjoying himself, that's for sure. This little glimpse of a faraway place is rather fascinating, and he's enjoying listening to Zuriel talk about it]
Probably because there isn't anything like it. The forest was the shape it took, but it was a little different. It was... a concept that shaped itself around us, and we shaped ourselves around it. But it's gone now.
[ so that's a little depressing, but it also means something. ]
It served the purpose it needed at the time and it showed us how powerful it really was. I don't think I'll ever experience anything else quite like it. But this is a close second.
[ that part is a little bit of a joke because, well, not comparable. ]
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It sounds like one of those things that once you get it, you don't ever forget it.
[He tries to think of anything he knows that might be a bit equivalent to this, but nothing comes to mind. Everything unusual he knows is hostile, not...magically protective like this forest]
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Something like that. Some of us were able to communicate with it better than the rest of us, but that was because they had a deeper connection with it. But I don't think any of us minded.
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[Or teammates, or partners, or classmates, or park rangers...something! Everyone attuned to the magical forest, giving and taking protection to it]
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[ it was theirs and it was theirs to protect, and be protected in turn. ]
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While walking and trying to overcome what seemed like roots, Akihiko's hand goes through one of the trees, which he had intended to brace himself to pass over that. Ah, right, this is all an illusion. Everything had looked so peaceful and real it had been easy to forget it was all made of clouds. Really impressive crafting on Zuriel's part]
I know nothing about how magic forests work, but I imagine it wouldn't have allowed anyone to find it if it didn't want to.
[Or at least he's pretty sure that's how it works in stories and the such. He can't say he knows even this much, not being someone to have as much leisure to explore fiction as others]
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It had its own defenses. And one of our own was its maker, and another acted as its hands and eyes. We did everything to stabilize it from the evil trying to use its magic. But we had to build a relationship with it for it to trust us.
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[Having to stabilizer a forest, gain its trust, protect it from evil who probably have their own magic and what not...Akihiko's life Akihiko's life is anything but mundane, yet right now he's feeling as puzzled as anyone average hearing about his adventures would feel.
But he's enjoying himself, that's for sure. This little glimpse of a faraway place is rather fascinating, and he's enjoying listening to Zuriel talk about it]
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[ so that's a little depressing, but it also means something. ]
It served the purpose it needed at the time and it showed us how powerful it really was. I don't think I'll ever experience anything else quite like it. But this is a close second.
[ that part is a little bit of a joke because, well, not comparable. ]