[And then Rei begins to chant in a low voice, an old, old prayer. It's more similar to one an onmyouji would use to summon or bind a shikigami than anything a proper mage would do, and that's because she's a hedge mage at best. She doesn't know proper "magecraft" and that's obvious to anyone with an eye for it, but she's able to channel raw cosmic energy from her Sailor Crystal into the working to make it function properly.
The circle lights up with flame along all the chalk, her voice rising in pitch, the words still coming fast and fluid. Fire swirls, grows, and then contracts inward, hemming in around Archer while Rei's chest glows. Layer after layer of will and power flows into those lines, overlaying them, forming a wall, and after a few more moments the heat contorts into a thread, wrapping around his wrist and her own. And just like that, the deed is done.
What should she feel, she wonders, as she opens her eyes.]
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The circle lights up with flame along all the chalk, her voice rising in pitch, the words still coming fast and fluid. Fire swirls, grows, and then contracts inward, hemming in around Archer while Rei's chest glows. Layer after layer of will and power flows into those lines, overlaying them, forming a wall, and after a few more moments the heat contorts into a thread, wrapping around his wrist and her own. And just like that, the deed is done.
What should she feel, she wonders, as she opens her eyes.]
Is that functioning as you need?