9♣️ - What is your muse’s proudest accomplishment? :3c
“These hands of mine.” he starts, bridging a deck of cards between his palms. “And the mind that makes them work.”
“See I spent my whole youth learning how to hone my craft. How to trick the eyes with a simple movement of my fingers or how a combination of carefully chosen words can addle, dazzle or please. I’ve worked hard to be able to get secrets without giving many or any of my own.
Some would call it a gift but gaining this skill sometimes came at the cost of my own safety. My own blood. Try being a kid who gets caught with the card up his sleeve in the middle of a group full of men you were trying to trick? Age didn’t stop them from pushing my head into the concrete. So. I worked hard to get where I’m at, and to not be caught until its too late. And I did it all myself.
“See when others were happy to be taken by the mysteries around them, to be caught up in the illusion -- I’ve always had a keen sense to solve. I don’t like leaving things...unanswered. So I plan. I strategize. I scheme. I put my head and my hands to work, and I don’t stop until I have it all figured out.”
@umbralich: A very late ask, but thank you!
