Yeah. Owain's a hyper-empath with somewhat wobbly wards on account of because he's youma/fae half-blooded and because the fae side of his family was stuffy in the upper echelons he didn't get proper training in the use of his mana as a kid, didn't know how to deal with the power fluctuation (hybrid kids tend to have power that moves in waves between--I guess vayu and prthvi is the best way to put it, fae/air and youma/earth, and while this isn't harmful as such it can really be hard to handle if you aren't taught what's up) so now he's got to learn a little at a time because adults are more set in habits etc.
There wasn't as much need for the Verdant Sanctuary stuff before, because the philosophical differences between youma and fae meant they didn't hook up much (though they did have friendships sometimes), but now that things are changing, it's more common.
Basically it's not a matter of 'well you SHOULD NEVER GET TOGETHER' but "okay, this is a different skill set we need to teach kids to use, and we should not be shaming them for it, dammit'. ^^
Vicky and Jer, fortunately, did get said training, so they can handle their occasional power 'eh?'. Jer does wear an amulet just in case, however, since he's very healy-inclined.
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Date: 2013-05-05 11:25 pm (UTC)There wasn't as much need for the Verdant Sanctuary stuff before, because the philosophical differences between youma and fae meant they didn't hook up much (though they did have friendships sometimes), but now that things are changing, it's more common.
Basically it's not a matter of 'well you SHOULD NEVER GET TOGETHER' but "okay, this is a different skill set we need to teach kids to use, and we should not be shaming them for it, dammit'. ^^
Vicky and Jer, fortunately, did get said training, so they can handle their occasional power 'eh?'. Jer does wear an amulet just in case, however, since he's very healy-inclined.