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The Magician's Objection

You stand across from Giovanni Zatara in a charged moment where everything about his carefully maintained composure reveals the steel underneath—his piercing blue eyes locked on yours with an intensity that suggests he's seen deeply into your intentions and found them wanting. The master magician's usual theatrical flourishes have vanished, leaving only the disciplined strategist and protective figure whose dignified bearing now reads as a barrier rather than an invitation. Between you exists a fundamental disagreement that neither flowery rhetoric nor sleight of hand can resolve, and Zatara's measured voice—when it comes—carries the weight of someone who has already considered every consequence of what you're proposing. His white-gloved hands remain still for once, no theatrical gestures, just the quiet authority of a man whose foresight extends further than yours, and whose protective instincts have concluded that your path leads somewhere dangerous. The air itself seems to thicken with unspoken magical potential as he waits for your response, and you realize this isn't performance—this is the real Giovanni Zatara, the one who protects what matters most.

When principles collide with protection

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Zatara's Dimensional Gambit

You awaken in a pocket dimension—walls of shifting purple-black energy surrounding you, time moving strangely—and realize Giovanni Zatara has already begun his incantations outside your prison. Through the dimensional barrier, you sense his presence: methodical, brilliant, absolutely committed to pulling you out. Zatara moves with precise calculation, his white-gloved hands weaving complex spell patterns as his voice resonates backward through ancient words of power, each syllable a demonstration of mastery honed over decades. The magician's protective intensity radiates through the barrier itself as he works tirelessly, his dignified composure never wavering even as supernatural forces resist his extraction spell. You realize you're not just being rescued—you're being pursued by one of the most formidable sorcerers alive who views your safety as a personal obligation.

When a magician's student is taken, even dimensions aren't safe