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Memory 6: Magic
What Happened

Tazendra is on watch over their campsite early in the morning (the day after Memory 4) and decides to try out sorcery using the Orb, having not done so in 250 years or so. She slips behind a rock and decides to try lighting a twig on fire.

The resulting explosion wakes everyone up. She quickly puts out the fire. Khaavren calls out to make sure she's all right, and she comes out, seemingly unconcerned that Khaavren is fussing over her, because, well:

"How, nothing?" said Khaavren, as the others, now fully awake, also stared at her. "You perceive, your face is blackened, much of your clothing burned and torn to the point where your modesty is compromised, and, if I am not deceived, there is smoke still curling from your left hand."

"Well, Tazendra shrugged, endeavoring to adjust her clothing. "It is not so bad as it looks."

I find it funny that she probably didn't notice about the clothing thing (or the smoke, or the soot) until someone pointed it out: once she figured out she hadn't lost any limbs or anything, and put out the fire, it was probably 'oooh, why did it do that', until Khaavren pointed out that she looks like she walked out of a burning building.

Tazendra explains that the Orb has been enhanced so that power flowed a lot easier, like trying to lift a boulder only to find it is made of paper. Hence, she grabbed too much power, and explosion instead of nice controlled burn.

Ibronka suggests that maybe they can use that to tend to Röanna's injuries. Tazendra admits that she doesn't know any healing sorcery, but Grassfog, one of the bandits, says he used to be an apprentice to a physicker, so could give it a shot. They set up somewhere where he can work in private and Tazendra goes off to wash up and she and Aerich try to repair her clothing into something that will not involve her accidentally flashing her friends*, since that battle they fought yesterday involved her luggage getting stolen with her horse.

They break camp, and the Empress tells them to get the parole of the enemy (and kill any who refuse so they don't follow), and tend to their wounds.

* My words, not Paarfi's.

Honor Learns
-- So, apparently my bad track record with my uniforms in SLT is something carried over.
-- More magical theory. Given how Tazendra pauses when trying to explain what happened, she's thinking about the magic she does. The spell she used is probably the same as the last memory's ones, with adjustments for the Orb, but she's also troubleshooting to figure out why she blew herself up. At this point, she may not be able to develop new spells off the cuff, but can at least modify the ones she remembers.
-- Clothing repair. Given the sewing minigame some weeks back, Honor knows how to sew, but she got a boost to it. Given time constraints, this was probably a rush job (and/or seeing who had extra layers that she could borrow to deal with the tears and holes).