Follow an event back far enough, Constable, and you'll find the man brave enough to first record it.
[He smiles at Ichabod's silence, and moves to transfer the flickering flame from one hand to the other. It isn't much energy that's require to conjure a flame this small, so maintaining it is simplicity itself.]
You believe me to exist because you've seen me, yes? There are some here who have not. I assume they'd believe me to be real on your word. Yes, I understand not believing in unicorns without proof, but why? I've never seen a unicorn, but there are enough accounts of sightings to take one's word at least something very much like it is real.
[Because he's one for flamboyance along with words, he claps his hands together, extinguishing the flame with a flourish.]
Did you feel its warmth, Ichabod? Do you believe it to have been real fire?
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[He smiles at Ichabod's silence, and moves to transfer the flickering flame from one hand to the other. It isn't much energy that's require to conjure a flame this small, so maintaining it is simplicity itself.]
You believe me to exist because you've seen me, yes? There are some here who have not. I assume they'd believe me to be real on your word. Yes, I understand not believing in unicorns without proof, but why? I've never seen a unicorn, but there are enough accounts of sightings to take one's word at least something very much like it is real.
[Because he's one for flamboyance along with words, he claps his hands together, extinguishing the flame with a flourish.]
Did you feel its warmth, Ichabod? Do you believe it to have been real fire?