I recently wrote a short story that takes place directly after Evva's story (In fact, almost all of my short stories are about side characters, or take place before or after events of main stories).
Darien Jaiyer AKA Master Jaiyer is one of my oldest characters. It was so fun bringing him back to use in Evva's story. He doesn't actually have too much presence in this short story. But he introduces Evva to Terrick, a "magical therapist." Which is like a physical therapist, but they help with damaged magic.
Master Jaiyer is one of the best spirit magic mages in the region. And Terrick is a great magical therapist. Their specialties overlap, so they would know each other. I don't think Darien and Terrick actually interact (at least not much) in the short story. Though that may change. But I started thinking about their relationship, even as I tried to develop Terrick as a character. But for some reason, when I tried to picture the two of them as friends, nothing clicked.
Than I went, "oooooh, I see. Not just friends."
Sometimes I'm amazed at how much my stories surprise me as they unfold.
(And sometimes I realize that they can't unfold in that direction. In a short story I wrote before this one, I almost hooked up two characters before I realized that one already had a boyfriend. Which isn't the dynamic I wanted in that case.)
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