Page 71 of Scars of His Wrath

"Yes,” Tshel said. She turned to the healer who was still in the corner watching them. "This is Oppo Sy. He didn’t learn your language the same time that we all started, so he is very much behind and cannot introduce himself. He is a specialist in healing and medicine for the Sy Dynasty, the best of his profession. I hope you will excuse me if I pause to translate for him while we talk."

Tshel gestured to the seat on the opposite side of the table.

Naya glanced at Akoro again, slightly unnerved. So far this was the friendliest interaction she’d had since she’d arrived, and she wasn't sure of the motive.

Tshel sat down on her side of the table and looked at Oppo again. He scowled at her and then came and sat at the very far corner of the table.

"I'm sure you have many questions about my role, and I also have questions for you," Tshel said. “But we don’t have time to indulge them all, unfortunately. What I wanted to ask you about was magic in your world. It works differently there."

"I noticed."

"Explain it to me."

Naya ordered her thoughts for a moment and explained how magic worked. Tshel questioned her about her first experience with magic, exactly how she felt and experienced it, and how she manipulated it.

"So no one in your land experiences magic the way you do?"

"I didn't say that," Naya said. "I have a unique connection that is stronger than most people from what we can tell, but all Omegas experience magic in a similar way, provided they are trained."

"What training do you get?"

"It’s training that an Omega mother is supposed to pass on to her Omega daughter. It focuses on instincts and paying attention to the natural energies in the world. Magic is one of those energies. Most Omegas in the Lox Empire had training from elder Omegas who deemed it important for us to protect ourselves and then that was filtered down in some way to the younger generations.”

"So that Omega village is a potential source of attack?" Akoro asked, stepping toward the table.

Naya thought for a moment, pursing her lips. "I suppose it is," she said. "But I don't think of those Omegas as warriors, and I don’t think they do either. Many of them have not wielded magic for decades, and they are older now. They teach their Omega children to wield magic if they can, not enough to fight in battle. Not all of those Omegas were taught to fight using magic.” She thought for a moment, her eyes drifting up to the patterned ceiling. "But I suppose they could defend themselves if they had to.”

"How many?" Akoro asked.

"Who can fight? I don't know," Naya said, shaking her head. "They’ve never been considered warriors. They were put there for the safety of their families. A war would be such a shock to them, I don’t know if they’d even try to fight."

He nodded and stepped back.

"So what was your first experience with magic?"

"I started wielding magic before birth," Naya said, shifting on her seat, uncomfortable saying it out loud. It was a story known across her entire land—she’d never needed to explain it.

"Oh, I heard.".

"And yet you still asked me.”

Tshel’s mouth quirked up. "There is much to ascertain from asking someone a question you already know the answer to." Her eyes drifting over Naya’s body.

Naya exhaled, and forced herself to relax.

"You are hailed as one of the most magically talented people in your empire."

Naya nodded.

“Does it follow you?”

“Uh. What do you mean?”

“Does magic follow you around?”

Naya shook her head, confused. “Why would it do that?”

"Can it be harnessed?"

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