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they let out a sigh that you wouldn't be able to identify it It sounds like relief or like joy, they nuzzle their cheek against your core as they pull down on the piece of fabric, fingers softly raising goosebumps as the travel from your hips to your thighs and then to your ankles. they press a kiss on the inner part of your calve.

What if Sun's magical abilities are tied with his wither-detecting stuff?

And I mean that in the sense of like... I believe Sun only actually began touching on magic AFTER the situation with the witherstorm, correct me if I'm wrong. Like during the whole situation with Eclipse being banished from Sun's head, that came AFTER the witherstorm fight. Sun, who had very little magic training, who messed up the spell, who was deemed Not Good At Magic by several magic users at the time, who STILL got Eclipse out even then... It's a miracle that that worked out.

Then, later on? Sun dabbles in Star Power. He gives it up, but it's never formally locked within him by the Astrals. We later learn that Dark Star Power, a connected but inverse energy, is in some way compatible with witherstorm energy via Nexus, but nothing more.

Sun studies magic under Atlas for quite some time. Atlas, an alien mage, picks Sun to teach and help grow. He encourages Sun to get a wide foundation on every school of magic, teaches him quite a lot, and we... don't learn much at all about him, really. We can see that he begins interactions with Sun being chipper, silly and odd... And over time, he kind of mellows a bit, in a way.

My point is, I'm... pretty sure Sun had NO visible impacts from the whole Wither Saga until after he banished Eclipse, after he touched Star Power, after he started poking around magic again. And then suddenly, he was sensing shards.

Dahlia mentions in the oasis video that Magic is a force of nature. It wants what it wants and the best, most effective practice is not to CONTROL it but to essentially GUIDE it, to work with your surroundings, to match affinities. Sun has a natural inclination to fire, which is fine but not always as potent in certain mana-rich environments.

Fire... Fitting for a sun, a literal star. Also has connection from a more purple-and-black source, ykwim

And what is destruction, what is death, if not a facet of the natural order?

Plus, Dahlia also seems surprised to learn Sun doesn't perceive magic in color. He feels it like a tactile sensation, in texture and temperature... Just like he has described how he feels withershards, interestingly enough.