It's interesting reading this again. I had wondered why Original Athy never manifested magic, but that was because of Lucas. In that timeline he ate Blackie and that left Athy without magic of her own. It also prevented her potential death from her own magic.
Lucas also stuck around new Athy and siphoned off her excess magic which protected her life. He only left when her body was big enough to handle the excess magic. However, Jenette's cursed ribbon killed Blackie and caused all of this power to rush into Athy at once which nearly killed her until Claude intervened. Athy's overwhelming magic (that Claude partly absorbed to save her life) put a block on all his past memories of Athy.
Her excess magic also seems to continue to cause him pain and unbearable migraines. I wonder if the reason his headache lessened is because Athy was nearby. Perhaps, like when she was near Blackie, the closer she is to Claude the more she'll absorb back her own magic from him. Unfortunately he ran her off so she's not there to slowly absorb it back now.
Since Lucas ate Original Athy's magic he didn't need a branch from that tree, but in this timeline he needed it to restore his true powers. This caused natural disasters, one of which killed Jennette's aunt.
I also wonder if the reason he forgot Athy is because of the spell he seems to have put on himself to forget her mother. In the original timeline he had totally forgotten Athy's mother by the time he met her at 9. Whatever he did to himself erased and sealed up those painful memories.
I wonder if when he absorbed Athy's magic if it reactivated that spell and sealed up Athy's memories and much of the memories of Athy's mother.
Jennette's real father, Claude's brother, seems to sustain himself off his connection to her. She likely does have magic of her own, but he is eating it all up. (That's my theory).
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It's interesting reading this again. I had wondered why Original Athy never manifested magic, but that was because of Lucas. In that timeline he ate Blackie and that left Athy without magic of her own. It also prevented her potential death from her own magic.
Lucas also stuck around new Athy and siphoned off her excess magic which protected her life. He only left when her body was big enough to handle the excess magic. However, Jenette's cursed ribbon killed Blackie and caused all of this power to rush into Athy at once which nearly killed her until Claude intervened. Athy's overwhelming magic (that Claude partly absorbed to save her life) put a block on all his past memories of Athy.
Her excess magic also seems to continue to cause him pain and unbearable migraines. I wonder if the reason his headache lessened is because Athy was nearby. Perhaps, like when she was near Blackie, the closer she is to Claude the more she'll absorb back her own magic from him. Unfortunately he ran her off so she's not there to slowly absorb it back now.
Since Lucas ate Original Athy's magic he didn't need a branch from that tree, but in this timeline he needed it to restore his true powers. This caused natural disasters, one of which killed Jennette's aunt.
I also wonder if the reason he forgot Athy is because of the spell he seems to have put on himself to forget her mother. In the original timeline he had totally forgotten Athy's mother by the time he met her at 9. Whatever he did to himself erased and sealed up those painful memories.
I wonder if when he absorbed Athy's magic if it reactivated that spell and sealed up Athy's memories and much of the memories of Athy's mother.
Jennette's real father, Claude's brother, seems to sustain himself off his connection to her. She likely does have magic of her own, but he is eating it all up. (That's my theory).
Can't wait to see how this lovely story unfolds!