consciousness. It is only its avatar, a pseudo-magical construct through which you perceive magic. In the case of humans, the appearance of the avatar mostly coincides with the form taken by consciousness. However, for you, it is a construct in human form, when your consciousness should take the shape of a huge dragon. That is the difference. In theory, communing with your source should be safe as long as one does not try to influence your consciousness through the avatar or trigger the subconscious defensive reaction of your dragon nature. - The Master paused. - That is my theory. The problem is identifying the stimuli that trigger the defence mechanism. As we do not want to harm anyone, we will not test the acceptable limits. Another thing is that I will want to teach you to perceive magic without the help of the avatar, which will create a situation where every interaction with your source will be contact with the dragon mind.
-Master, if everyone perceives magic through this... construct, and I can use magic without any problems as I do now, then what is the point of omitting the avatar?- Draco quickly absorbed new information and did not even know at what point he got involved in the discussion. It was a bit disturbing, but at the same time it fascinated him.
-Many people ask themselves this question.- Drius smiled with a hint of pity.- Most of those who have come across this issue dismiss it as unnecessary. They do not see the benefits they could gain by devoting a lot of time to practice. Only a few people I know have managed to, as you put it, bypass the avatar. This has two seemingly insignificant effects. The first is reaction speed. A person who uses magic without mediation is able to react a fraction of a second faster. It's not much, but it can be the difference between life and death. - For a blink of an eye, pity gave way to the shadow of old pain, but it quickly returned. - The second, in my opinion more
