Killian hummed thoughtfully. "That's interesting. A woman of engineering. I didn't know that was linked to a specific gene."
Perhaps that wasn't the word he wanted to use. There wasn't a real art or branch of study that focused on those specifics. Genes and the like. Killian considered himself an engineer because that was the word that was available, though he considered that to be too specific when he was looking at graphs and hypothetical scenarios. There wasn't a real word for that either as far as he knew.
He called it math, but which the additions of more organic elements, it stopped being math and started being something else. For now, he called it engineering, but that wasn't a good fit when deconstructing gemes could also be considered a similar vein of study. It wasn't alchemy, which was a magically based art.
Skill?
He'd name it officially later when his research was fully funded and he wasn't here "on vacation".
"Does that school of study have a specific name?" he asked, still writing. "I call it engineering where I am from, but I don't think it applies anymore now that I think about it."
He stopped writing. Now was not the time to get distracted, but he had a gene that allowed him to change from a Sphinx to a human. He'd assumed that all Sphinx could do it because of how little he knew about his own kind, but the way this woman spoke of it, he was quickly realigning his thoughts.
"What have you learned so far? Oh! If you don't mind my asking. I'm Killian. I'm an engineer at the Mage's College in Yfrelo City. Sleibte."
Perhaps that wasn't the word he wanted to use. There wasn't a real art or branch of study that focused on those specifics. Genes and the like. Killian considered himself an engineer because that was the word that was available, though he considered that to be too specific when he was looking at graphs and hypothetical scenarios. There wasn't a real word for that either as far as he knew.
He called it math, but which the additions of more organic elements, it stopped being math and started being something else. For now, he called it engineering, but that wasn't a good fit when deconstructing gemes could also be considered a similar vein of study. It wasn't alchemy, which was a magically based art.
Skill?
He'd name it officially later when his research was fully funded and he wasn't here "on vacation".
"Does that school of study have a specific name?" he asked, still writing. "I call it engineering where I am from, but I don't think it applies anymore now that I think about it."
He stopped writing. Now was not the time to get distracted, but he had a gene that allowed him to change from a Sphinx to a human. He'd assumed that all Sphinx could do it because of how little he knew about his own kind, but the way this woman spoke of it, he was quickly realigning his thoughts.
"What have you learned so far? Oh! If you don't mind my asking. I'm Killian. I'm an engineer at the Mage's College in Yfrelo City. Sleibte."
