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"I hear the sadness in your voice I would like to revisit this conversation in a quieter tiic?"

I stood, whipped out h the spell I for a little bit more power to keep it completely stocked I resisted, to see ould happen After adied away

"I really like this sword Thank you" I tried to step forward, but felt his hand onyou, huh?"

"You’ve cut a ward Usually some sort of defensive measure happens afterward"

"Yes, professor, that is true So why are we standing still, waiting for it?"

His hand disappeared fro for the ball to drop "I ae, after a fashion Did you not hear e’s house? I study spells and incantations, but there’s a lot of information, not to mention tons of spells that are virtually the same other than their names A spell that shocks people can be performed in ten different ways, did you know that? Ten!"

"Pick one and then you can shock a person"

"Yes That is the logical conclusion The probleic Maybe one is better than the other Maybe the versions are different because of climate or environmental differences I don’t want to try each one, because I’m also cautious I’ve seen what happens when an idiot with too much power tampers with unknown spells So then I look up each variation and try to figure out why it’s different from the others All that takes time"

"I assume you are the idiot with too much power?"

"I a with spells I don’t understand But thanks for the finger pointing, ass"

He sain as we made it to the three steps that led up to a modest porch No defensive spells had come, or even vibrated from within the house It was then I re with: a community

"Move!" I shoved Darius to the side and ran the other way

Not a h the yard froainst the porch and stopped I’d seen that spell before--it was supposed to contain blue fire This one contained a glowing blue orb instead The caster had sent it in the right direction, but not with nearly enough power

"This is what I’ about Step in here" I walked into the spell and closed my eyes in bliss It was a lovely dry heat, like a sauna "Co in instead of walking in "It is too hot for rieved by rieved because va flesh, or because you realize I’s and you don’t want to embarrass yourself?"

"You have consented to let me feed from you It is only a matter of time before you desire to feel me, skin on skin"

"I consented to let you feed if you absolutely had to But you’ve fed A lot, actually, considering you just did so again last night after only a week or whatever You have to be stuffed We’ll have killed the ain"

"Soan The hu to curb the insatiable need that you inspire withinas you believe"

"That is an extre you’re screwed, isn’t it?"

"I will screw you, yes Very softly at first, until you are ht, I will screw you hard, deeply, until you are screa you think about for the rest of your life"

"Sounds horrible Re, or no?"

His hand left the bubble of the spell

"That’s what I thought" I letthe spell "This neighborhoodPooled together, they would barely get through to the Real theic, but you do not know the culture of es and witches?" Darius turned as a deadbolt clicked over "The house is now unlocked"