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As we finished up the last bites of apple pie, Granny fixed aze and said, "So, what’s the probleht she ht have picked up onwith your training?"

How did she know this stuff? "I was tired yesterday, so it didn’t go so well"

"You did better today, though," Owen hurried to add

It didn’t fool Granny "Okay, honey, out with it," she said

I glanced at Owen before saying, "I started off so well It was easy And now, it seele"

"Well, you’veworth doing takes ti--it is the basics I’ trouble with now" I heard the frustration in s that were easy earlier in the week are a lot harder now, if I can even do the my touch," I finally admitted Owen’s expression was both shocked and concerned

"Let’s see e can do about that--after we do the dishes, of course," Granny said matter-of-factly

The dishes went quickly with all three of us working, and then we adjourned to the living room Owen took a seat to the side so he could observe His worried look unsettled , or anything like that, am I?" I asked him

He quickly adjusted his expression as he said, "I can’t think of any reason you should"

"There is precedent in your departerous spells You’re doing the basics"

"It’s probably just bad technique that you were taught," Granny said "Try it htly better results thansession that afternoon, but the silehandedly fought a greatrong

"You tell Rod that you’re doing things Granny’s way from now on," she told o ho done at all is beyond et lazy and coy in the environht disappointed her She’d been gearing up for a big arguht have found the best way of encouraging her to return hoes

The next ht have done soed after that attack, and I doubted it was a coincidence I thought I eneral, innocuous questions about elven ot to work, but she wasn’t yet at her desk when I arrived I took that as a good sign because itme that anti-wizard flyer had probably cleared her conscience

When she still hadn’t shown up by noon and hadn’t called in sick, I started to worry There were tiot what day it was and thought it was the weekend, but with a spate of elf disappearances and resignations, I wasn’t ready to dismiss it so easily I called her cell phone, but the call went straight to voice e for her to check in withby the ti session, so when I arrived at the classrooht?"

"She didn’t show up today?"

"Nope, and no call froto be out or unusually late I left her a et any paperwork on her I can’t start investigating job abandonment until she misses two more business days without notice"

Had she put herself at risk by showing me that flyer? And hoould anyone know she’d done that? I hadn’t told where I got it, and no one had been around when she showed it toa box full of gadgets "Sorry I’ether"

"Is that the testing stuff?" I asked

"Testing?" Rod asked

"To make sure the elves didn’t somehow put the whammy on me," I explained