[Marianne smiles a bit, and she keeps the books in a nice stack on her lap while she picks the first of the dark magic books she's plucked out to read. She's thankfully at least picked out a fairly basic one to start, so maybe she can get a grasp on it...

Of course, Marianne is so focused that she winds up startling a bit when Hubert comes to sit next to her. Only a bit, though; it's very sweet of him to come and read with her, and Marianne's expression soon settles into a smile.]

How do they differ? I've studied reason magic some, and it's, um...a little complex, until you get used to it. This seems like it is, too. But not in a bad way.

[Hm...Marianne will be reading some of the passages over and over again, mostly trying to understand how to call upon it...]

It seems like...you're supposed to call on something different. Than with reason or faith magic.