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[The video opens with Tsuna sitting in one of the rooms at the inn. He's leaning against a Griffin, who doesn't seem too upset with the situation. If anything, it's kind of nudging Tsuna's arm, looking for attention.

As for Tsuna, he seems thoughtful.]

Uh...so...I've, uh, never really used magic before. But I think I have elemental magic here...I don't know. It's mostly just been fire.

[He holds up his hand and a small flame bursts in his palm before engulfing the hand entirely. He sighs a little in regret]

I'm mostly just wondering how you turn it off. I'm going to have to wait until it stops burning now.

[There's a sense he has more to ask but he's just going to hold off for now.]

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They are the reason you are able to use magic at all. Were you not listening when the explanation was given?

Ahaha not really. It was a lot of information in one go

[And he's a terrible student at the best of times.]

[ SIGH ]

Your familiar is the conduit through which your magic flows. It follows that they must also be able to help shut off that flow, does it not?

Why not try and interact with it further? There is no harm in attempting it.

It does? I guess that was why he was really happy to see me when we first met.

Right nowhe just seems to want attention, so would just petting him work?

[Because if it's that simple...]

I don't see the harm in trying.

[ Not that he can guarantee there is any correlation between petting and magic control. ]

[Well, he'll give it a go at least and using his not-on-fire hand, he gives the griffin a few scratches on his flank. If nothing else, the griffin is pleased.]

idk if it's doing anything, but shouldn't the bond do something?

that's how it works, right?

That, I'm afraid I do not know. The familiars here do not seem to obey quite the same principles as those in my world.

Can you tell it to extinguish the flame on your hand?

I don't even know if we have familiar in my world, unless the box weapons count.

I could try.

[and he's probably going to.]

Please do.

What in the heavens do you mean by 'box weapons'?

I guess they don't have them here.

They're boxes that contain weapons. Sometimes actual weapons but sometimes, like, animal spirits. That can help you fight. You open them with dying will flames.

[ What in Zodiark's name-- ]

DYING will flames? What, so you must bring yourself to a state of near-death in order to utilise these weapons?

I mean, kind of yeah. That's what I had to do at first.

Eventually it got to the point where I could ignite them with enough focus.

[Thankfully, his tutor is not here to demonstrate.]

Would you mind describing the exact process for me? I have an interest in the subject.

I mean, I can try? I don't exactly know how it works.

But basically, your dying will is the thing that keeps you alive right as you're about to die...usually like a regret or something, that brings you back to life so that you can achieve it.

[Leaving out the loss of clothing, berserker strength, and the fact that it's landed him with a very odd reputation.]

[ To a learned mage like Emet-Selch, the explanation sounds implausible at best, ridiculous at worst. Certainly, there is something to be said about the soul burning brightest at its end, but in his view it's not possible to sustain such a state for a protracted amount of time.

Nevertheless, this is what the boy is telling him. And so... ]

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I do believe one would then be a ghost rather than a living being.