Ford is, in fact, expecting a flurry of activity from Mabel. At the very least he's prepared for her to rip the talisman in half without a shred of hesitation, and he's half expecting he might need to step forward to catch her.
But instead she slows down and stops to study it, and Ford pauses as well. The talisman is inscribed with sigils rather than writing. Or rather, a single large sigil unique to trench, with a meaning somewhere between 'air' and 'sky'. It's scrawled across the whole of the talisman in the blue-black, slightly glittery ink indicative of a Darkblood-based reagent.
Ford is a little surprised when Mabel slows down to take interest, and surprised to the point of being almost excited when she mentions wanting to learn some magic of her own.
"Oh-- it's similar to the magic Dipper and I used in Gravity Falls! In execution and practice, at least. On a theoretical and mechanical level they operate very differently, though that's to be expected given the transition into a different universe."
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But instead she slows down and stops to study it, and Ford pauses as well. The talisman is inscribed with sigils rather than writing. Or rather, a single large sigil unique to trench, with a meaning somewhere between 'air' and 'sky'. It's scrawled across the whole of the talisman in the blue-black, slightly glittery ink indicative of a Darkblood-based reagent.
Ford is a little surprised when Mabel slows down to take interest, and surprised to the point of being almost excited when she mentions wanting to learn some magic of her own.
"Oh-- it's similar to the magic Dipper and I used in Gravity Falls! In execution and practice, at least. On a theoretical and mechanical level they operate very differently, though that's to be expected given the transition into a different universe."