You may ask, but I will make no promises of helping until I know what it is you wish to ask of me.
[Which is not in the slightest anything personal, but that aforementioned lack of jerking around. Ozymandias needs to be clear on what is being asked before he agrees to anything even when it comes from Giorno.]
i would like more information about the schools of magic and your opinions of them, as much as you have them. their strengths and weaknesses, what specializing in one or the other means. as much information as you think is relevant. i'm asking you because i think you'll be honest with your opinions about this world's magic and how it works.
i know you want me to speak to the coven and ask them about it, everyone does, but i don't feel comfortable doing that. i don't trust them, less now than ever. i'm asking you because i trust you. i've been negligent in learning the information i need to know because of a variety of reasons that are no longer as important as i thought they were. but i also wasn't sure i could trust the information i received. i'm not worried about that with you.
[There is something...not altogether surprising in hearing that Giorno has come to trust Ozymandias. For better or for worse, Ozymandias has been completely forthright with Giorno. It's not something unique to their relationship to one another, but it likely served to remove a number of variables for Giorno over time as he came to see that it was not an act and there are no ulterior motivations.]
[As for his request for more information... Well, Ozymandias would not be the first to admit that he is perhaps not truly the best person to ask as far as breadth or depth of knowledge on the matter, but he attends his classes. He focuses on what's of interest to him, and at least momentarily entertains what does not. He can at least provide cursory information to Giorno's questions if nothing else to the schools of magic he's chosen to somewhat neglect. He chooses to start with what's most familiar, however.]
To begin, I have chosen to focus most of my studies on conjuration and evocation. I cannot speak to the way others might make their decision of which schools of magic to study more deeply and begin specialization, but for myself, these schools will eventually allow me to create a close approximation to my abilities within my own world.
These former abilities of mine are not something that I have taken the time to fully explain to you. Perhaps some other time, I will, but for now, to understand my decision: I was the master of a Divine Beast known as the Sphinx of Abu el-Hol, granting me the ability to create and command any number of sphinxes. I was also capable of summoning the sun boat, Mesektet, or recreating my temple complex, Ramesseum.
Given that conjuration allows for summoning whatever one might be able to imagine and evocation allows for manipulation of energy to command elements, including sunlight, these were natural choices for me.
Of course, what both of these lacks are more passive defensive measures. Evocation is purely an offensive form of magic and conjuration leaves one reliant on summoned creatures. Not everyone will necessarily think to summon a divine creature and even then, it will take time to perfect the summon so that the creature or object is as expected.
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[Which is not in the slightest anything personal, but that aforementioned lack of jerking around. Ozymandias needs to be clear on what is being asked before he agrees to anything even when it comes from Giorno.]
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i would like more information about the schools of magic and your opinions of them, as much as you have them. their strengths and weaknesses, what specializing in one or the other means. as much information as you think is relevant. i'm asking you because i think you'll be honest with your opinions about this world's magic and how it works.
i know you want me to speak to the coven and ask them about it, everyone does, but i don't feel comfortable doing that. i don't trust them, less now than ever. i'm asking you because i trust you. i've been negligent in learning the information i need to know because of a variety of reasons that are no longer as important as i thought they were. but i also wasn't sure i could trust the information i received. i'm not worried about that with you.
that's all.
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[As for his request for more information... Well, Ozymandias would not be the first to admit that he is perhaps not truly the best person to ask as far as breadth or depth of knowledge on the matter, but he attends his classes. He focuses on what's of interest to him, and at least momentarily entertains what does not. He can at least provide cursory information to Giorno's questions if nothing else to the schools of magic he's chosen to somewhat neglect. He chooses to start with what's most familiar, however.]
To begin, I have chosen to focus most of my studies on conjuration and evocation. I cannot speak to the way others might make their decision of which schools of magic to study more deeply and begin specialization, but for myself, these schools will eventually allow me to create a close approximation to my abilities within my own world.
These former abilities of mine are not something that I have taken the time to fully explain to you. Perhaps some other time, I will, but for now, to understand my decision: I was the master of a Divine Beast known as the Sphinx of Abu el-Hol, granting me the ability to create and command any number of sphinxes. I was also capable of summoning the sun boat, Mesektet, or recreating my temple complex, Ramesseum.
Given that conjuration allows for summoning whatever one might be able to imagine and evocation allows for manipulation of energy to command elements, including sunlight, these were natural choices for me.
Of course, what both of these lacks are more passive defensive measures. Evocation is purely an offensive form of magic and conjuration leaves one reliant on summoned creatures. Not everyone will necessarily think to summon a divine creature and even then, it will take time to perfect the summon so that the creature or object is as expected.